This act resulted in initiating him as a Chief and made it
possible for the English to have access into the Powhatan Nation.
In 1609 John Smith visited the nation uninvited demanding
food from them aggressively. This began the deterioration in
their relationship as the Powhatan tribe had experienced a summer drought which made it impossible to meet this demand. John
was extremely burned all over his body by a gun powder accident
and was sent back to England. Pocahontas received notice from
the settlers that John did not recover from this accident.
Pocahontas once again met up with John Smith in 1616 at
Masque in England. Smith had not forgotten about Pocahontas. He
had even written a letter to Queen Anne telling of her kindness
and how much she had helped the English in earlier years at
Jamestown. However, he also wrote that Pocahontas was full of
emotion towards him and could not speak. This angered Pocahontas
and she proceeded to tell John that he treated her, and her father, poorly and threatened her people. She was also upset because the settlers had reported him as dead.
This was the last time John Smith and Pocahontas spoke.