Pocahontas did not save John Smith’s life. Based on the evidence in Paul Lewis’s biography about John Smith, it appears that he was trying to lie to get publicity for “introducing Pocahontas to English language and the Bible”. The suggestion I made about John Smith’s first document before Pocahontas was famous was that John Smith doesn’t mention Pocahontas at all and it says nothing about John Smith being in danger. Then in J.A. Leo Lemay’s exert he says “John Smith had no reason to lie.” Therefore it shows that John might have lied to get famous over something that really didn’t