Pocahontas’s first husband and a warrior of the Patowomeck tribe. Townsend states that though there is little information about Kocoom and his marriage to Pocahontas, it is likely that the two of them married due to mutual interest and perhaps even love, since Pocahontas (as a person of little political significance) would have been free to marry whomever she chose.
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Kocoom Character Timeline in Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma
The timeline below shows where the character Kocoom appears in Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5: Kidnapped
...with him; meanwhile, Pocahontas, then 12 or 13, is newly married to a warrior named Kocoom, likely from the Patowomeck (or Potomac, as it was Anglicized) nation. Because of Pocahontas’s mother’s...
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It is likely that Kocoom died a few years after the marriage, as there is no record of him beyond...
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