The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-11-25
Smith ana ThOmpsOni or Vtr-
etslin SaYnges, Past mud Pres

Smith ana ThOmpsOni or Vtr-
ettlin SnVngos, Past and Pres
ent.
Our readers will readily recall the
touching story Of John Smith, fugitive
slIye and adventuror, who Afterwards be-
cane one Of the first colonists ofJames-
town, in Virginia. His small company
Of men would soon have perishod for want
of food IL he had not stolen the Indian
idd, Okee, made of skins stuffed with
mos, and compelled the natives to
redeem IL with a largo purchase of
CON. While exploring the Chicka-
| hcmony, however, he was seized by the
eremy, having killed three of them in the
J encounter, end taken before the great
Pnwhafqn - 80 predecessor Of Gov.
| Wise,-whO, seated ON his stnmp of a
throne and clothed in raccoon skins, con-
| demned the poor fellow 70 death. But
/ beside the throne Of the chief stood two
OF his dusky daughters, who compensated
Smith, and one ofwhom, the Chief's fa-
vCrite, Pocahontas, resolved to save his
lilo. When the grim warriors, therefore
/ bought in two big stones on which Smith
laid his head, and their war-clubs were
raised to drop upon his daylight forever,
she rushed between the exeeutioners and
their victim, and, by her passionate en-
Treaties, induced the savHges to suspend
their blows and suffer Smith to depart.
Those old red Indians seem to us to
have more real humanity in them than
many of the whites who now occupy their
places. The story Of Thompson, Is simi-
lr in some respects to the story Of Smith.
He had committed an outrage upon the
} idol of the Virginians in this
else Cuffee, not Okee-had been captur-
ei, and would have been tried and con.
I domned 70 death il the blood thirsty fe-
rbcity Of the modern Wirsinfana lass ca
| pble Of restraint than that of the old Vir-
\ gnians, could have awaited the slow de-
cisions Of authority. 1t could not. Ac-
cording to the testimony Of Mr. Hunter
one Of the actors in the affair, and a son
of the Prosecuting Attorney In the Har-
per's Ferry trials, crowd Of armed men
rushed into the room of the hotel where
I Thompson was confined, and would have
: put him to an instant and brutal death.
But the daughter of the landlord, q
Miss Foulke, with heroism that surpass.
es even that Of Focahontas, threw herself
between the guns OF those maddened ant
reckless slaye-driyers and their objeS'
whom she caught in her arms, "a ne-
sought their mercy. "For Pdu's sake
watt" she said, "let b. Jaw take itl
p. ennrsa ,, FVr rDe-1ent they desisted
. rom their worL grFeVenge; but for mo
= pent only Neither the helpless condi.
:, ton Of die prisoner, nor that noble wo.
o ianly appeal, could soften the hearts ol
= avages, as the words Of Pocahontas soft.
o med those Of the ancient braves. They
0 ragged Thompson from the shelterinP
@ fma Of his protector, baled him likel d
c Og through the streets, amid the hootine
n nd bowling Of a frenzied crowd, and
8 hen they had got him TO the railroad
= ridge, already nearly dead with bruises
0 bey riddled his body with their rife balls
= Governor Wise is reported TO have said
g hat he wept for the cowardice Of the Vir-
Q niuns at Harper's Ferry, and well he
lay have wepti for oowardice 80 sus.
e bptible Of panic that il turns men, not in
savages, but wild beasts, is indeed to
8 D deplored.-Rsi0 York POst