Wearing jewelry, feathers in her hair, and a doeskin dress, Pocahontas (Her Mattaponi nickname meaning Tomboy) attends her huskanasquaw, coming of age ceremony. She receives her adult name, Amonute (Butterfly). With her at the head, they parade to the powwow grounds.
She attends her pauwaus—celebrating her ceremony. At a courtship dance, young eligible men stomp dance around a fire. The drumbeat quickens—they dance into the crowd and choose an eligible young woman. Kocoum, Little Chief, chooses Pocahontas—they dance together.
Months later, they wed and have a daughter, Ka-okee, Little-Goose. But that is another story.
C. T. Suddeth 
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