Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14

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| Authentic s'Hniun'' History. q
Poca :lortas and Captain john Smith.
by THE FAT CONTRIBUTOR.
The celebrated Captain John Smith, the
saving of whose life by Pocahontas is an
historic event of no little interest-espe-
cially to Smith At that tilne-was the earli-
est settler in Virginia, Grant being the
latest settler they have had in that State,)
and stands at the head of a Smith family
in this country. We are informed that there
is a John Smith living in one of the West
ern States but he couldn't be the same that
settled Virginia, because he would have
been too young at that time (1607) to set
tie anything. He couldn't have settled for
his board, even Captain Smith founded
] jamestown, which was totally Nnfounded
| Qike many of the anecdotes about him) mp
to that period Besides giving jamestown
a start, h started a number of Indian vii
lagos SO that they never came back again.
Tits, stated that he could start a village of
| that description quicker than any white
man living at that time He started so
many that the red men hearing of it through
/ the daily papers, (the Indians were qoeU red
| Ill bHOoS 10 CLICK Ills ell
| terprjse.
Smith specialized good deal in corn,
purchasing it in the interior and shipping
it to jamestown, which was the great grain
centre at the time, Chicago not having yet
| been discovered. In one of his trips in
search of corn, he trespassed upon the do
mlnions OF King Powhattan, a powerful
chief, Who from his intrenchments on the
James, had long threatened Washington
Smith being somewhat overloaded with
corn" fell into an ambuscade, and was
captured by PoWhattan's savages and taken
before their chief After brief hearing,
in which no witnesses We're examined for
the defence, (Smith demanded new trial,
but it was refused he was condemned to
die. He was asked if he had anything to
say why sentence Of death should not be
Ipassed upon him. He said nothing, in par
ticular, only his death, would seriously in
| terfere with the settlement of Virginia and
might retard her re admission into the
Union. This had no effect whatever, and
he was marched to the place of execution
There was a boulder on which to place his
head while savage, painted in the most
hldeous manner, was swinging a stuffed
club, and uttering diabolical cries impa-
tient to mash him.
John gazed upon the preparations un-
dismayed, for he belonged to one Of the
first families of Virginia (the second fami-
lies had not arrived from England YETI and
he didn' scare worths continental. Pow
haitian, with generosity that one would
hardly look for in a savage, asked him if
there was any message he would like to
send to his family, and even offered to take
charge of any little mementoes he desired
to leave for them He Immediately be-
thought himself of an "accident insur-
| ance" policy; which would expire about
the same time he di |, and ticket in a gift
enterprise (only 10000 unsold), both Of
which he desired to have sent to his be-
trothed. Powhattan promised to send
them by the next steamer Captain Smith
| then ws liked firmly to the block without
| the aid of clutches, placed his head upon
it, and babe the masher to mashl AT this
moment the forest rang with a scream, and
& beautiful Indian maiden darted into the
midst of the throng
Raising her parasol to defend the head of
Smith from the. impending club, she ex-
claimed faeg@
/ "Hold! Red man, stay thy hand! (She
couldn't stay it herself, because she didn't
wear any stays.) Stay HIM, and Virginia
remains Rowling Wilderness. PRO
longed bowls from the savages) Spare
him and ratify the constitutional amend
ment, and Virginia resumes her place in
| the Unionp'
! Some reconstructed secesh savages shout
| ed "Never!" and rushed on Smith with
| their carving knives, but Powhattan inter-
| fered
"Spare his life" said he; "the Great
Spirit wills it. (This put Smith in great
spirits at once.) l commute his sentence
| to the obloquy of founding the first fam-
lies of Virginia Smith, git up and git!"
| And Smith got
| He lived to found the first families of
| Virginia, race that is mostly run out-of
the State of Virginia. Pocahontas Went
across the water as Commissioner to the
Paris Exposition, and Powhattan run an
lnjun Exhibition for years after with great
success.
WHAT BECOMES OF TEE BONEs-About
twenty five thousand oxen are killed each
week to supply the city of New York with
meat. The bone known as the "shinbone,"
and all the leg from the knee to the hoof
falls into the hands of Mr.. Peter Cooper
He contracts with the butchers and market
men to supply him, and in this way about
one hundred thousand shin bones per week
find their way to his establishment. All
the muscles are taken from them, the glu.
ten is extracted, and the clean white bone
is kept to be worked into parasol handles
In this way Mr.. Cooper has made an i'm
mense fortune, and many ladies who sud-
posed they were admiring beautifully
carved ivory handle to their san-shades,
riding-whips, etc. have only been gazing
npon the shin bone of an OK, the very ami
NAL, perhaps, which supplied them with
their mornings beesteak.
SCENE AT THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH
oFFICE.-FoRd Wife-(To Telegraph OPERATOR
Oh, sir! want to send kiss TO my husband in
Liverpool. How can do ii. IH ITt
ObligiRq OperQtsT.-Easest thing in the world
ma am. You've got to give it to me with ten dol
lars, and III transmit it right away.