There isn't any American woman more closely associated with tobacco than Pocahontas. Her role as the savior of the Jamestown, Virginia settlers, and their continued cultivation of tobacco, assures this. A diplomatic marriage to John Rolfe meant that her father, Powhatan, a chief of the Algonquin tribe of Indians, wouldn't kill the starving, yet lazy desperadoes who made up the Virginia Company of London's experiment in the New World. In 1616, Rolfe took his Indian bride to England. She became a sort of tourist attraction, and I suppose this could be argued as an early exploitation of women for the good of tobacco. The tobacco company that issued the colorful 'Pocahontas' trade card made Purity, Camerons Gold Medal Straight Cut, and Catac Mixture Straight Cut Cigarettes. The back of the card states that the Catac cigarette was a blend of Virginia, Turkish, Havana, Egyptian, Brazilian, and Louisiana Perique tobaccos. During the 1920's, the Patterson Bros. Tobacco Corp. of Richmond, Virginia produced Matoaka Cigarettes. Matoaka was the tribal name given Pocahontas. The colorful cigarette pack graphics used the same engraving of Pocahontas featured on the 1889 trade card.