Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-09-02
Pocahontas.

twill be remembered that Pocahon,as.
when about thirteen years Of age, saved The
young fngllsh captsin, John Smith, from
the death which her father, Powhatan, had
resolved he should suffer. As the tnma-
hawk VAS about t. descend on bis head the
girl rushed forward and c,asped that head
IN her arms. The stern heart Of Powhatan
relented. and be consented that the captive
should live to make tomahaws for him ana
Deeds and bells for Pocahontas.
Captain John Smith was, without doubt.
an imperial kind OF man. His personal
appearance was fine, his, sense and tact
excellent, his manners both cordiaf and
and elegant. There is no doubt, a. there
is no wonder, that the Indian maiden felt
some tender palpitstions 10 bis account =
Once again. when, owing to some mIsun-
derstanding. Puwhat, q had decreed the
death of all whites, Pocahontas spent the
whole pitch dark night climbing hills ard
toiing through painless thickefs, 10 saye,
Smith and bis friends BY warning them Of
their imminent danger. Smith offered her
n.1J tsaotiIcI pFssents on rhis occas;n.
evidsntiy not apprecisting The sentiment
that was animating Der. To this offer on
presents she replied with tears; and when
their acceptance was urged, Smith him
self relates. that with tears running down
her cheeks, she said she burst not be seen
to have any. for. If PowhataS shoulI know
II, she were bat dead; and so she ran awaJ
by herself, as she came
There lie no doubt what the muse Of his
tory ought to do here: were she dame of
proper sensibilities. she would have Mr..
John Smith married to Miss p. POwhstsp
as soon as parson cuGid hs got from
jamestown. Were it a romance, that
would be the result Az it is. we fnd
Smith going of to England 10 two wears.
and living unmarried until his death, ard
Pocahontas married to the Englishmen.
John Rplfe. for reasons Of state. we fer
lick OF friendship between The reds and
whites being thought desirable. She was
"f course Christianized and baptized, as
any one may see by Chapman's picture
10 the rotunda at Washington, unless Zou-
ave criticism has demolished it. Immedi-
stely she went with her husband to Fog
land. At Brentford, where she was stay-
ing CaUt John Smith went q yisit her
Their meeting was significant and a4ec.-
ing. After a modest saiuti,ri, size turned
away aud bid her face - If displeased'-
She remained thus motionless fer two or
three hours. Who can know what strue-
bride at this mDmeDt-emoti1ns do ubly
unutierabie 10 this untaught strangerf liz
seems that she had been deceived by RoJfe
and bis friends into thinking that Smith
was dead, under the conTiction that she
cnuld not be induced to marry him IL she
thought Smith alive. After Der long. sad
silence before mentioned. she came forward
t. Smith, and touchiDgly reminded him,
there 10 the presence of her husband and g
large comPany, of the kindness she had
shown bin 10 her own country, saying,
You did promise POwhatan what was YOURS
should be his, and he the Ii Ike to you; You
called him father being in bis land
stranger, and for the same reasDn SO mus,
call you After pause, during which she
seemed to be under the influence of strong
emotion. she said. i will call you father
and JON shall call me child and 50 viii
be forever and ever your count-ywoman.'
Then she added, slowly and with empha-
sis. They did tell me always you were
dead, and knew no other till came 10
plymouth; yet POwbatan did command
uttanatomakin to seek you and know the
truth, because yoar countryman will lie
much
1t was not NJ after this interview that
Pocabontas died !; she never returned To
Virginia. Her death occurred in 1911
The issue of her marriage was one child,
Thomas Ruife; 80 it is through him that ths
first families Of Virginia are SO invariably
descended from the Indian princes. Capt.
Smith lived until 1851. and, as we have
said never married. He was a noble and
true man. Pocahontas was every way wor-
thy 10 be bis wife; and one feels very ill
natured at Rolfe and company for the cruel
deception, which, we must believe, was ell
that kept them asuDder, and gave the
story of the lovely maiden its almost tragic
close.