Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-14
A TRIP THROUGH VIRGINIA.
rus isND pHEBE POCAHONTSS AND
IUHN SuIrH LIpED


tour from Richmond, on the Richmond a
nanNillo railroad. 1t takes its name from the
iarm ol capt, Bob Lee, which Is close ut hand;
and ii is Just at this station that my friend
James Hays bought farm OF one hundred
and twelve acres 7 he house Ia close To the
station, aud one hundred yards from wharf
ON the Pamonki, which river 1t oNerlooks,
giving a beautiful view of vessels passing up
aud down for distance of ten miles.
Arrangements arc now boing made for
establishing a postuiirc NJ his hou>n on
this place there is nos huur.. n.....I,n iuu.
ber growing to pay for Il, and IL Gusts hut
two thousand dollars.
In the low sandy ground of the river uOt-
tom lands sweet potatoes and peanuts are an
excellent paying crop, snmc growing rs high
as six hundred bushels rt tha former To the
acre.
wuEEE ro,NuONrN~ LIVED.
jamestown il but thirty miles from West
Point, and twas in this very country that
Pocohonta~ iOamed iu ali her native freedom,
with the tribe Of her father. rowhatan. For
this was the Stamping ground and hunting
park Ot that chjeulin, and 1t was probably in
this section OF It that this dusky heroine 50
nobiy and generously Stvei tho lite OF the
reiouDtable Capt John, aud indeed tradi-
ton points toA large spring underneath "a
venerable looking oak ~ the vcTiAhle spot
This Is only in tradition, IutuS facts Oi history
it was at this place that tho hattie Of Roman.
okeC WAS fought with the Indians OF that
name IL WAS one rf the blnodlest battles
fought with the aboriEinCS hy the early Eng.
lish settlers and many wrro slain on 10th
sides, among thBm h'iuE Cot Henry ,lH2-
lorne, son ol an EnEil-h nOhleman. His
burial place Is about 4 mile from the railroad
station I'm q grove .l seven walnut trees, and
marked 10y large sI,h, part of tho iusrtip-
ton OF which Is ilIeEtule, uut the date of his
death, los, is plainly vts hto.
Ii is two hundred and three years sint q this
gallant Young colonel went forth from merry
Old England to Uattle with slyageS Tor tho
conquest Of y wilderness and To- die IN deadly
conflict for glory. But Whist wnEdruus
changes have those two hundred wears that
rolled above his unconscious tomb wrought!
Could he but wake tn sru our marvellous
country OF to-day with it, sixty millions of
treemeu, its great cities, - railroads, tele.
graphs, steamboats,, electric lights, tel phones,
wonderful machinery, Gatltng guns, print.
ing presses, to say nothing ot the wOudrous
change wrought IN the country Ivy agricul
turaI industry would he believe It was the
colonies Of his day
TWO INrINN VILLAGES.
\ mile or moro 10 tne east OF this tomb il
an old Indian burying ground. 1t WAS long
since forgotten, but In building the railroad
through here since the war 4 deep cut was
made through At, aud hundreds Of skull bones
and larger bones were found. There are two
Indian villages some ten or twelve miles
from this point, one Of whirh We visited and
talked with some Of the lrih-. They are the
remnants Of the once strong PuNhAfAus, and
we're calculated to number 10 the time Of
captain John Smith Hgtren hundred war.
rinrs. We find that up to The year ls-O they
still preserved their languaG e, although at that
time they were reduced to a!ew families, and
were stationed on the reservation they still
hold. RutnOw the language has been for.
gotten, the Indian costume laid aside and the
people live much as other people would live
in the same circumstances. Their reserva-
tinn contains five huntre acres they have
their own school and church, are governed
10y a chief and farm their land IA -evCralty.
They preserve many "l the distinctive
marks OF the Indian, -t.r4t t+-r+r-tr-fr inter-
marriage with other rtrcS the pure blood is
to be found in but lew ct ihslu. They live
by farming hunting aud n-htGg, and seem
to he Contented aad happy. Though holding
their land in severalty they are not allowed
to sell it outside Of tho trlta. There are many
old buildings to he seen In drive through
the country, presenting all the marks Of
colonial buildings, high EHrluS, tail narrow
windows, red aud blHh English brick put
in cheCkerbOari style.
\ CHURCH EUILT ~ rEI.
Notable among these Is West Point church.
built in l7&j. 1t il built Of brick in the share
of a cross, rooted with EngII,h slate, and
floOred with gray aud whilo tile, probably
from the same country. Mach Of the original
wood work has Yielded To- the press OF years,
and been replaced by Trw, hut the whole
interior OF the church bears evidence to the
TACT that in ILs day II was " some church"
and no doubt was the place of worship of
many OF the ancient men and danes whose
names have filled so great and important
part in the history of our Jni1n. For this
and al acent counties was the home of the
Randol phs, Tucker- tlays, LEES and Curtins
and no doubt a host OF others OF those grand
old heroes Of the Revolutionary days, who
dehed all the powers Of old England and
kindled the fires Of liberty and Independence
that blazed forth in all their splendOr in
Independence Hall, PhilsGelphia
me grove OF oaks, probably "a old as
the church, surrounds It, and 10y measure
ment found one OF them, a white oak In
girth tWenty-one feet.
MANY OLD MANSIONS.
Many of the old mansions which were the
scenes of legends aud stories of the great
men and women that lived in them when
the kings of England were our monarchs,
before Liberty Bell toIed, or CORVALLIS had
bivouacked at Yorktown, arc still to be seen,
but one OF them, "tuelS6a," was visited
partly through curiosity but mainly through
an acquaintance with the present owner who
resides thereon. lie il a Philadel phian, and
- probably known 10 many of my readers,
as no was landlord and proprietor OF the old
West Philadelphia yards when they were IN
at Forty first street, before the Pennsyl yania
railroad in its greed crushed out this private
enterprise and started the monopoly wards
at Thirty-hrsL Frederick Tishnor IL his
name, and in the seven years he has owned
this old baronical estate no seems TO have
pruspered and lived happily.
There are many legends and stories con-
corning "Chelsea," aud the great pers0napes
that have lived in its ample halls and ex,
tHnnH1 Hnznttalityy to thn 81