The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-10
JOHN BROUGHANI'S APOLOGY
FOR RPO.CA.HONTAS

JOHN BROUGHAM'S APOLOGY
FOR PO-CA-HON-TAS.
y Inc deeply Interesting incident upon which th
Drama is founded, occurred in Virginia, on Wedne
oay' Oct IL, a. D. 1907 at twenty-sx minutes pa
IN the afternoon according to tho somewhat highl
colored and boastful narration Of Capt John Smt
the famous adventurer backed by the concurrent te
tmeny OF contemporaneous history; but subscoue,
research has proved that either he was mistaken.
tnat circumstance had unwarrantably plagiarized q
affair which transpired at much earlier date. fo
upon examining the contents of wallet found in Il
vest pocket Of the man in armor, dug I'M near Co,
God, an entire epic poem was discovered uaon Il
very same subject, which was written by Danis
Poet, the Chevaier Viking, Long FslLo,o of the No
"eglan Academy of Music, who. flourished Ann
Gotham, 235.
Ihe poem contains several square yards of verse,
fragment OF which is subjoined to show its pecu;
Finnish.
TIE SONG OF POCAHONTAs.
Ask you---How about these verses7
Whence this song of Pocahontas,
With it's flavor of Tobacco,
!: !: AnG 51,ts the he tstineyesd- Munaungus,
with Its pipe Of Old Virginny, ,.--',. 80
With the echo Of the Breakdown
With its smack Of Bourbon Whiskoy. -
With the twangle Of the Banjo,
OF the Banjo-tho Goatskinnet
And the Fddle--the Catgutto.
18th the noisy Marrowbonum,
BY one Jonsmith it was written
Jonsmlth, the valiant soldier
sailor. Buccaneer,. Explorer
Hero, Trader, Colonizer
Gent, Adventurer, Commander
Lawyer Orator and Author
Statesman Pioneer and Bapman
Years he fought against the Moslem
Years he wore the captive's fetters
Until from fond Sultana
He received Habus Corpus
Then, by way Of relaxation
he took passage a steamer.
With crew of Fllebusters,
Each with matchlocks and revolvers
Io Take peaceable possession
VI some transatlantic region
o. nalled :f they on, they knew not whittier
ntll, one October morning g.
They incontnentaly blundered
On the shores Of Tuscarora
Near to Werowance, the palace
Or King Powhata, who hourshed
IN that section Of the country,
Whereunto they were invited,
by this hospitabe monarch,
And remarkably we'll treated:
Onui fat with rice and pumpkins
Souckwheatcakes y and sweetpotatoes.
nluaanes, hommny and .douphpots
hhey began to wax audacous
a anu put on such airs and graces.
Thoy were perfectly disgusting.
Now,ithe natives knowing notbino
OF the benefits intended
By this foreign congregation,
Who had come so far to show them
All how much they'd been mistaken:
In what darkness they were dwelling. n
And how much obliged they were to &
THESE disinterested people,
Who had journeyed to enlighten y
Their unfortunate condition
Through these potent trunited
Ango.Saxon civilizers,
Eum, Gunpowder and Religion (.
NOW, the natives, as mentioned,
Didn't see the joke precisely
IN IN the way it was expected,
Ihey believing simple creatures,
Shey could manage their own matters
Without any Interference
Thought tho shortest way to settle
Those gratuous advisers
Would be quietly to knock them
On tho head, like Bulls of Basham.
1t was then Jonznith was taken
10 be treated in such fashion.
Lying in pleasant posture
On the ground, his head supported
By chunk of Rusa's pavement.