An American legend comes to life! Captain
John Smith leads a rag-tag band of English sailors & soldiers to the
New World to plunder its riches for England (or, more precisely, for
Governor Ratcliffe, who comes along for the ride). Meanwhile, in this
"New World," Chief Powhatan has pledged his daughter, Pocahontas, to be
married to the village's greatest warrior. Pocahontas, however, has
other ideas. She has seen a vision of a spinning arrow, a vision she
believes tells her change is coming. Her life does indeed change when
the English ship lands near her village. Between Ratcliffe, who believes
the "savages" are hiding the gold he expected to be plentiful, and
Powhatan, who believes these pale newcomers will destroy their land,
Smith and Pocahontas have a difficult time preventing all-out war, and
saving their love for each other.