Cika wannan jumla: Pocahontas ta kama ya faru a cikin mahallin da
Yaƙin Anglo-Powhatan na Farko, rikici tsakanin mazaunan Jamestown da Indiyawa waɗanda suka fara a ƙarshen lokacin rani na 1609. A farkon shekarun yaki, masu mulkin mallaka sun mallaki Kogin James, duka a bakin sa da kuma a faduwar ruwa. Kyaftin Samuel Argall, a halin yanzu, ya ci gaba da hulɗa da kabilun Indiyawan da ke arewacin yankin Powhatan. Patawomecks sun zauna a Kogin Potomac kuma ba koyaushe suke da aminci ga Powhatan ba, kuma suna zaune tare da su wani ɗan Turanci mai suna Henry Spelman. A watan Maris na 1613, Argall ya koyi cewa Pocahontas yana ziyartar ƙauyen Patawomeck na Passapatanzy kuma yana rayuwa a ƙarƙashin kariyar Weroance Iopassus (wanda aka fi sani da Japazaws).