The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-30

&c place her hi,:h in Come ape AMI nation, where
4 dawning virtue and aol'ab!e fimpicity were
lbes;nnirg to- prevail.
The character of this ;n,ereitinc woman, as it
aands in the concurrent accounts of all cur hit-
ltorians, is not, il is with confidence affirmed,
liurpailed by any in the whole rlpge of hiltory /;
and for tboie qualities more Especially, which
40 honor TO our nature; an humane and feeling
heart an ardor and unliaken contancy in her
attachments the ilands, a,moit, without RE
val.
| At the firit appearance ofthe Europeans, her
Young heart WAS inpreHed with admiration of
the pei!ons and manners of the itraaesrs: Bat
| il is not during their pro!perity, that lie dit-
| plays her attachment-She is not influenced b.
awe of their greatneie, or fear of their refrnt-
mcnt, i'm the afiifance tie affords them 1t was
during their ievereit diitre!ies, when their mott
| celebrated chief was captive in their hands,
| and was dragged through the country, as fpec-
tac!e for the iro,. and sl,rifion of her people,
that i,,e places hcritlf between them and def
tru6fion.
| The Gpc9acle OF p ,:hon'as in An attitude &C
entreaty, with her kair iootr, and Ter eyes
lGreaming with tears. duplicating her enraged
father for the life of Captain Smith, when he
was about to crn!l, the head of his protrdte VIC
|, tim with club F; is Iituation equal to the ge-
MUS Of Raphael Aad when the royal favage
directs his .erocious glance for moment, from
his victim, 20 rcprove lis weeping daughter !;
when ioftened by her lilrefS, his eye loles it
fercenefs, and he gives his captive To her tears,
! the painter viii di.cuvef new cCaiion for ex-
erciing his talents.
| In Pocahontas, we have to admire, not the
| fofter virtues only. She is found, when the III
tereit Of her friends demands 1t, full OF ioreight
and intrepidity.
! L IL
mnation Of the Lrgliih, ihe cludes the Jealous
vigilance of her father, and ventures at mid
night, through thocElnd psrils, to apPrize
them of their danger.
But iii no !i.uation, does lie appear to more
advantage, than when ,,iigulted with the cold
| formaIites of court, aud The ippertinent and
| troubefome cu,ioity ofthe people, The addref-
fed the feeling and pathetic remembrance 70
captain Smith, on the diitant codneis of bis
manner-Brichy fhe ita'ed ire rife and progrefs
Of their triend:hip: Modcaly ihe pointed out
the iervices, fhe had rendered him ; concluding
with an affecting picture of her itua.ion, at a
dtance from her country and family, aud fur
rounded by ttran9ers in frange land.
| Indeed, there is ground for apprehension,
that poferity in reading this part of American
hitory, will be inclined to coniier the ftory Of
| Pocahontas, as an interei,ing romance perhaps
recalling the papable f6tons of carly travellers
and nayigators, they may iuppofe, that IN thofe
times, portion OF fiction Mas deemed elltnti.
Al to the rmbeilihment of hiitory: Il is not
even improbable, that, conhderng every thing
relating to captain Smith ard Pocahon.as as 4
mere fiction, they may vent their fpleen againft
the hiftorian, for impairing the interea of his
plot, bv marrying tie princetS of Powhasau to
a Mr.. Rofe, Of whom nothing had previoufly
been faid, i'll defiance of all the expe cations
raifed by the foregoing parts ofthe fable.
| 1t is the ait lad Office Of hiitory 10 record the
| fate OF this Incompatible woman. The (aysrc
mute, who preGdes over this departme can
not plant the Cyprefs her grave, and con-
| hgn her to the tomb with the fately pon,p and
graceful tears of poetry She cannot with p:-
Gus forrow inurn the ahes and immortalize the
virtues OF the dead by the foul piercing elegy,
which fancy ryfteriouS deity, pours out, wild
and pla;niiye ; her hair loole, and her white bo-
fom fhrobbing with angui!h Thofe things are
pao ed equally beyond her reach and her incli-
nation. But hiftory Affects not to concea! her
| forrow on this occafion.
she died at Graveiend, where fle was pre-.
pairing TO embark with her hufband and fon, on
| her return TO Virginia. Every thing had been
| done for the accommodation of this intereGiny
| family during the voyage, and in ordeit that the
| tate and figure Of her hulband might bear fome
proportion to the quality of the princefs, he
was made fecretsry or recorder general, place,
which appears 70 have been created expressly
for the location. Her death was happy mis-
ture of Indian fortitude and chriftian iuhmi;iion
affecting all thofe, who iaw her, by the lively
| and edifying picture of piety and virtue, which
marked her latter moments.
| The tender years of the younger Rolfe, thus
bereft of the neceiIary care aud attention of his
| mother, fuggeftcd the exprdrucy of leaving
| him in England, until his ftrength enabled him
! to bear the fatigues of Tea voyage. He was e.
ducated by his uncle Henry Rolf, of London.
| and afterwards he became man of fortune aud
eminence in Virginia. " He leit behind him an
| only daughter, WHO was married to colonel Ro-
bert Boiling by whom iile had an only fon, the
late major John Boiling, who was father to col.
| John Boiling, and ieyeraj daughters, married TO
col. Richard Boiling, col. John Fleming, doc
tor William Gay, Mr.. Thomas Eldrdge, and
Mr.. James Murray. So that this remnant Of the
imperial family OF Virginia, which long ran in a
Jingle perfon, is now encreafad and branched out
into very numerous progeny"
| The virtues of midnefs and humanity 60 emf.
neutly dItinguiihed in Pocahontas, remain IN
the nature Of an inheritance TO her poferity
| None OF them has been conipicuouS in arts Or
arms No great ltaiefmau, or confumn,ate ge-
neral has ilIucd from the Ioins OF Powhataa,
liBcc his imperial blood has mingled with che
whites: But then, there is fcarcely A Jingle fcion