The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-17

baIo states that he "laid them by the
~ ooamestowne they were all in com
r,,n oostrongest preparing once more TO
huann-oo,i ,ith the PinnaCp, which, with the
na1e&i y life, with Sabre falcon aud mus.
sto,,ou No. 9m forced now the third time to
hoy ~ Some no better than they should be
ha.,, hau ploth the President, the next day, TO
tbo n"'T quo death by the Leviticall law for
,a,,lt NO linson and Emry, pretending the
b',t 49, ho at had led them to their ends;
ia,vrnr, Tuv nr ! tooke such order with such
he so,,t ~ sofn layed them by the heeles till
-, hem prisoners for England"
.ro l. me-. ne sah hracter of fexaggeration," says
,he tt,o tLevie.NNmarks the whole account OF
vpe C.eaCn' received among the savages.
after the ev yeo1ja is described. savage
II lS true, Duher cruel nor blUodthirsty;
reckless, per of life i'm battle, but kind,
anu anu even m'imous, towards their cap
IlVe' IL is ely stated that no such de-
monstratOn hade against Smith as that
WhiCh, IN II affirmed to have taken
Piece WlInlh ar after his capture. Only
leW uays ,' alt was taken prisoner, he
represents nuns giving orders to Ope-
CuaDhauG9gn u y him to PoWhatsn, and
onon N az IniS Ciul knew that he was to be
aiIoWeu 10 20 UCestown. "Ho him told
l LoIL,Is mus go, anu slrn to Paspabegh." The
oWlaIan rec him with the greatest
,,,t(, ~. ono, IisoUght to COnteRt him
%,UH an W hlnuL could devise, did aCtu.
Sliiy 2Snu IIii WIN ard OF honor back to his
.LS iieiuS' iI9 ~ 'ne Relation is really true,
. ~ - vi vnuied barOarans towards
,,I,I5 waa ial alnitoIl lue than that which he
.iII. WIN nav teVSSlNe'e hands ofany civilized
t.dC naUion S on CIg laUe 'earth. There is not a
Ia iaTi Iico Vi IiS my immediate fear for
iIiII5' nv @ 49, lIoll age whose son be mad
tected him. There d, ,dan5 occur ono iina
to the effect that lsod him % 0 fot ''n as
to make him muc,b, +hay rIoont 20
sacrifice him; and norogro3l, F,$nisboe so
the most striking 80 81 a. 80
ness of the Indians, Of tho foot tbat no
believed himself 70 haon ,,,e+aisov, ~, - ~
ing entertained the sus Vot =, Ie51 co ""V w.
learn that ali this lULio Of NE ir,nn,sso,,l W
ment he was still eXpt go - 20 H.
put to one death or ano o0iS " W
These wide variation Contoi, Sn,i+b,s
versions compel us ei,to ros;st tnrtbor
tbd @ indion y, ,,oidon Oo dC. ~ Suching story of
There is other eviden, obo,y +bot +bo
new theory is correct. ElJ;s .sDisoo,,rso
OF Virginia" the earlies5tten record Of
the Virginia colony, mes Smitb,S trim
us o.U.l auEeI!ules, I! VIe conspl to depose and
about PocahOntas. " "'''''
Smith failed as a colon ua wos do
P PoseI anu sont 90 w IN ,si n9er articles of
refused all his applicationsbe emnloved
again.
AS late as 1912 the story ol,bor+os bod
not been given to the publin that year ear
Captain Smith published his,n oC Vir-
ginIa," with a description o. couptrv
people, government, and rel Tn tb;s
little volume he still makes notion of his
brave Indian giJl. although escribes q
custom which would have nav led him
to do so. He tells us that in execution
of criminals their heads were pI nnon an
altar, while zone with clubbes bt ont their
braines." He adds that he sn Indian
beaten in his presence till he enspIpss
without cry or complaint.
Here" says the reviewer, Gave the
whole idea of the story which herwards
made public. 1t may be left Sacticed
lawyers 10 ueelue WheTner unueI ordinary
rules OF evidence, Che passages not
amount to q practical assertion he had
hImseii not peen placeG III the ion de-
scribed, and it may perhaps be ihIe for
iuIure stuuehts 10 explain why onshould
have suppressed his own story, sLino il
to have been true"
There is other testimony of imilar
nature. Strachey's "Historie of Trt1 into
Virginia" (1615) contains a full ant of
Smith, and has some curious refees tn
Pocahontas; but there is no hin her
agency in saving the bold Captains In
1914 Raphe Hamor, Slate Secretar, thp
Colonie," published a volume in whicere
was an elaborate description OF the sure
and christening OF Pocahontas. 1t Gins
a letter from John Rolfe, PocahOntaus.
band. No mention is made by eitheItpr
of her celebrated giIlish exploit.
Strachey gives this curious peep at "a.
hOntas, before she sprang, clad in a $40
robe, into the pages OF our colonial hist
"Pocahunlas, a well-ieatured but wantoL q
girle, Powhatan's daughter, sometYmes r.,
ing to our fort. of the age then of elevL
twelve yeares, would get the boyes forth
her into the market;-place, and make
wheele, falling on their hands, turning
their heeles upwards, whOme she would fol
and wheele so herself, naked as she was, all
tort over.o
After the seizure of Pocahontas as a
age, and her conversion to the faith, she
came a parsonage of note. She WeI
England, and was the lion of the hour
Queen Emma of the seventeenth cen
Pinchis made it a point at this time to
cover all that was to be known about
ginia. He saw Smith, Rolfe, and others.
he, too, failed to hear OF Pocahontas' b
deed
There is still more evidence tendin
establish the theory that Pocahontas die
save the life OF Captain John Smith, TO
good and sufficient reason that it was /
in any danger. Pocahontas was in her
before the legend which has made her me
illustrious for two centuries was first
| lished.
What was Smiths motive in inventinG
story, if it was not Historically true ?"
quote again from the ReUiel0:-
"The examination of Smiths works hass
| that his final narrative was the result of or
additions. The influence exercised by Poe
! tas on the affairs OF the colony, according
| accounts piVpn i'm 1908 was very sliohT