[ItsTheMediaStupid]

Pocahontas did as much much sooner than that.

LOL did she wear a thong? Seriously the Cherokees went there on a diplomatic mission. Pocahontas was just going with her husband.

[Mamzelle]

Pocahontas was considered a noble visitor and representative, and was honored as such. She died too young to have done very much else.

I think there are folks around here anxious to ascribe prejudice and stereotypical thinking to others just to posture as defenders. Friend of the Injun.

Frankly, you're trying to defend my own--and I find it condescending in the extreme.