The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-10

ascending 50 ancient rustotp, 3 49,
ea,ae here 10 efnbafk for Vifssasa WIN con
Raife. her husband. Here she siekcneu as1
d,ed. and serc she was buried. une ,ssvs-
ton BATE 81 fhst sue refused 20 f9frry none
until assured that John Satin vas eesus
aua thst sgterwards, seeiag hin OF ses'ins
tssat nc was alive, she secwy pineN swss
aud asod from grief ara nisappoinscu 'o's'
ThisAs the account cu5rcBt W Engisno.,
Thc other story Is faf les sen.Ahsn's'.
ssaati. box killed her. iaisniiss tn's Ans.
dan theory with the disgust dhe .ne u'se' q,
aud accept the Other eecanse u pIcss' ~
49, .sad and about toe locality where snc
sssd Moreover. 1 have a right 10 doues
liner ~ hoth In an see that denies . 1tomer
add discredits o Shakespeare. ,ho
waltine nm High street u0der we
y.,dsnce Of Mr.. Rtvipgtou, we preseau!
Turned through two or three Uy-"hys ieas-
re 70 81. GEORGES. me parish churcn. We
sonnd n closed, bat being directed 10 tne
.syton,s house, No. q Church street, we
found a genial and gentlemaniy ola man,
c.,,h white hair and side whiskers. ne
was a shoemaker by trade, ana nad isiu
down bis hammer, and knife, and le@nern
aaron. TO solace the inner-man. he very
donned his coat and walked WHO
ne 70 the church, zuto which we all eHtereo'
Mr. Rohertson was under the impression
that tine Virginian Princess was bHrieo 10
the chapcel. He had reached this conciu'
sIon from reading a letter inserted On Camp
helps History OF Virginia, acopy OF wnien
he had brought with bin. This letter was
written by Mr.. G. W. Martin, OF Leeos
Castle. England, TO Conway Ro0inson,
Eso.. OF Virginia, and runs as fohows;
"Tbe parish register OF burials at Graves
end. In The county OF Kent, contains the
following entry= 1915, March Z1st-Re-
becca Wrothe, wyae Of Thomas Wrotne:
Gent, a Virginian lady borne, was Duriea
in the cbanceii.7 The date. 1919, CORE
| sponds with the historical year l6Ia. Zap
| pears that there was formerly afamily OF inc
name OF Wrothe resident near GrSNesenu'
This name might therefore easily De con
founded with that Of Role, tho sound oelng
similar. Nor Is the name OF Ihomas Ior
John at all improbable. Grayesend cnurcn,
IN which PocahOntas was buried was ue-
| stroyed by fire Ia i727, and no 10
her memory remains II any one exlste1."
So far. Mr.. Martin. But while Poea-
bonias. I think, was baptized Rebecca II
| am not sure, and as you have books OF his
| tory at hand correct me II l am wrongl, YET
10 turn John R0lfe into Thomas Wrothe IL
very much like deriving Pekiu from Nap
kin-"Napkin, Nipkin, Pipkin, Pepih."
Now, against Mr.. Martins explanation
away is the tradition which has been
Reported successiyeIy from age to age"
in Grayesend that Pocahontas was buried In
| the northwest corner OF the church.yard, at
a spot 70 which the sexton led us. IL was
inst next a tombstone on which we deci-
phered "Wife of John Weed. July -,
1929" or 1929, possibly. The day OF the
month IL iIlegible, although we could make
out a "3," which would make 1t the 18Th or
28d of that month, since the spsce required
Two figures. This certainly establishes tue
antiquity OF burials in that part OF tbe
ward, whether the date above be OF the
fourteenth or the sixteenth century. ms
| sexton Thomas Turner has been In once
| nine years. lie received the tradition OF
The spot from his predecessor, William
Netteingham, who was sexton Tor ABOUT
twenty years, while William received IL
from his father, John N~etteingbam, VINO
was clerk Of the parish for fiity-two years.
| This carries back the account more than
| eighty years, for John Netteingham told bis
son william that all his life from his boy
| hood that spot had been pointed out as the
one near which "or about at which" Poca-
hontas was buried. In the absence, then,
OF all proof "upon record" this tradition
comes TO us as nearly an established fact as
| possible, without an exclamation aud a re-
coyery OF the remains or Of some relies
identifying them.
At all events we accepted II, and | gath
cred some buttercups that grew on the
| grave, and plucked a few iyy-leayes from
the vine that cIambered near by on the
wall,
" Feastlng where no life Is seen,"
/ felt that | had trod near the last resting
place Of the noble Princess, who, to save a
human life, had boldly risked her OWE, and
who had only lived to feel her heart break
In the stranger land.
The cold story" repeats Itself 10 eyerv
cline and age, and among all the varied
tribes and septs OF one common humanity
| of every nation under the whole Heaven
that sold story" makes all akin aud OF
one blood.
i am, very truly yours,
p. q. ROBERT.
Caledopidn Hotel, Adetphi Terrace, Lon
don, July IL, 1881.