He was real, but not her boyfriend. He was part of a business called the Virginia Company who had travelled from England and set up shop nearby. Pocahontas was usually known as Matoaka, ...

To start, Pocahontas was just a nickname ... In 1616, the family, nicknamed the "Red Rolfes," returned to England, where she was something of a celebrity. When Matoaka and Rolfe tried to return ...