Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-22
P0caH0ETA5' TRIBE.

Every school boy, who. in spite of
! tie destructive a,i;iquaGians. sill be
llpvcs IN til" storE Of Pocahpntas and
Captain john smith. will be inter
eStnd 10 know that 4 remnant Of her
tribe, the once powerful Pamunkees,
are now living il King William
county. Virginia.
In recognition of the services rem
dered to the early settlers bv Pew
hatan and his famous daughter. Viz
ginia has always protected their de-
scendants. These now number be-
tween fifty and seyenty-tive persons,
ana are located ON a reservation of
fifteen hundred acres. along the Pa
munkey river. Just opposite the
famous White House." the property
of the late General Robert f. Lee.
True to the instincts and traditions of
their race, they still retain the tribal
form OF governments; a chief, aided by
acouncil, rules them. Until five years
ago, they lived by hunting. trapping
and tishing:----t1us since Then, the
growing scarcity of game and fish has
compelled them to find in other pur-
suits the means of living.
During the civil war, they served
both Unionists and Confederates.
They aided the Confederates in build
ing the fortitications at Yorktown and
Richmond. When McClellan's army
'camc along, they served it as guides.
and It's vessels rs pilots. Sometimes
they get into trouble with the sur
rounding whites and blacks. Then,
they send a deputation to Richmond
to lay their grievances before the
Governor OF the State Once year
at Christmas they formally ac-
knowledge that they are the wards of
the State by presenting the Governor
with tribute of game, fish and furs.
The late Dr.. L. A. Dalrymple, who
took a deep interest in these survivors
of a once powerful tribe, procured
specimens of their pottery, with the
intention of presenting it to the mu-
scum OF Harvard College 1t is sim
liar in design and composition to that
made by their ancestors, hundreds
of years ago, and is wholly unlike
any ever made by white men.
WILLIAM PENN AS A LAw-MAKER.
Penn was vested with powers that
gave him almost the rights of an in
dependent prince. He was permitted
to make laws. and levy taxes and i'm
posts, subject only to confirmation by |
an assembly of the representatives of |
the people. He was authorized to
appoint magistrates and judges, and |
possessed all the authority of a Cap |
tain General to levy, muster and
train all sorts of men," and ito make
war upon sea or land against pirates.
robbers or barbarous nations be-
sides other rights and privileges of
an extreme executive character
His first care was to direct letter
to the inhabitants of Pennsylvania
apprising them of his grant from the
King. At the same time he assured
them of his intention of dealing hon
estly and justly with them. In one
passage of the communication he
says: "YOu shall be gorerned en-
tireiy by lars of your O,cn making,
and live free, and, if you will, a
sober and industrious people"
After dispatching this notification,
together with certain letters of au-
thority from the King, he set himself
vigorously to work framing consti-
tuition.
Its measures were such as to en-
formulated, to be sure
"a draft of a representative govern
ment such as is now embodied in our
own Federal Constitution. 1t has
been but little changed in Pennsylva-
MIA. which remains essentially gov
erned now as it was when this draft |
was first adopted and completed by
the Assembly Harper's.