Answer:
His one sentence pitch for the film was: "An Indian princess falls in love with an English settler, then is torn between her father's wish to destroy the settlers and her need to help them." When Disney executives asked Gabriel to summarize Pocahontas' character, he replied: "She's a girl with a problem."
D.Mr.White pulls the monkey's paw from the fire.
He wanted to show what happens when a country is caught unaware by an enemy. (for apex)