April 5th: Today in 1613 Pocahontas marries John Rolfe in Virginia. The marriage was short, Pocahontas died three years later in England but did produce a male heir, Thomas Rolfe who helped to stabilize the relations between the settlers and the indians. A good write up of the wedding can be found here.

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