Q: According to John Smith's account of the famous event ... Q: But in the midst of this warfare, Smith records that Pocahontas actually acts to save his life, is that right?

The real-life John Smith was documented as one of the ... was spawned from a terrifying incident. In the movie, Pocahontas saves Smith as her final act of love. However, researchers know that ...

The plot goes that Pocahontas, the beautiful daughter of Chief Powhatan, saves English adventurer John Smith from execution when British relations with the "savages" in the New World turned sour.

In Disney’s cartoon version of the story (and elsewhere), Pocahontas is shown to be involved romantically with an Englishman called Captain John Smith. He was real, but not her boyfriend.