Chief Powhatan (Disney)

Chief Powhatan is the overarching protagonist of Disney's 33rd full-length animated feature film and its sequel . He is the chief of the Powhatan tribe and widowed father of Pocahontas.
He was voiced by the late , and his singing voice was provided by .
==History==
Chief Powhatan wanted his daughter to marry a warrior named Kocoum. He thinks that it is the path she should follow but his daughter is not sure. When he learns that a boat with British white men arrived on the coast, he let Kocoum decide to attack the colonists. When one of his warriors is injured, he judged the colonists dangerous and forbade his tribe from encountering them, unaware that his daughter was secretly meeting a colonist named John Smith. 
Powhatan calls his warriors for help so that they could defeat the Settlers. Pocahontas tries to persuade her father that they do not need to fight the Settlers but can instead talk to them, but Powhatan claims that they would not want to talk. Later, after Kocoum is killed, he declares that John Smith, whom he mistook as the murderer, will be killed at sunrise. He also berates Pocahontas for disobeying his orders and blames her for Kocoum's death. Pocahontas tries to tell him she was only trying to help, but Powhatan ignores her words, as he saw her as a traitor to the tribe. 
At dawn, the Native Americans and Settlers start their war. Powhatan and his tribe take John Smith to his execution, but just before Powhatan could kill him, Pocahontas stops him and tells him that if he kills John, he will have to kill her as well. Powhatan commands Pocahontas to stand back, but Pocahontas refuses and states that she loves John. She then gives a speech to the Native Americans and Settlers to persuade them to stop the war. Powhatan, moved by his daughter's words, decides to stop the war and spare John Smith. However, Governor Ratcliffe, the leader of the Settlers, refuses to end the war and decides to kill Powhatan, but John Smith jumps in front of him, taking the hit himself. 
During the climax, when John Smith is preparing to return to England to get himself healed, Powhatan gifts him his cape and tells him that he is always welcome among the Native Americans. He also thanks him for saving his life earlier, calling him "Brother". 
==Trivia==
*He is the second Disney father in a Disney Princess film to have two different actors work in the same film; Jim Cummings does his singing voice while Russell Means does his speaking voice. The first one being King Stefan.
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