Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-29

men, who. although mostly poor WIZ
getting along better than the coloniSts IN
Virginia. having no natives 20 suodue'
Bermuda was then the nearest English SET
Element 10 the Virginia colony, and there
was occasional communication between
81 GEORGES and Jamestown, then the Two
" cap,talsr of the New World, when the
"Inurovemente IN New York We're log
fort and half dozen nuts. >.
The Virginia col0msts apparently 0'-
yided their time between killing the III
dams and converting Thorn. While they
poured lead into their bodies they mai the
dccpe.t soliciiude about thor souls. lhcre
were few missionaries, for not many OF the
understood the Indian AN
cuagc. and still fewer were willing 10 RISK
"a white BODY TO save red SOU. Inc pest
material for missionary Wurh was ipuh'
IN such Indians rs had been con-
verted" and had learned the Eng
fish language. aud although the TWO
Indian mgidcns who had visited England
had not vet adopted the comforting doe
triues OF f0rcoTdluatIOn and damnatoh,
and were stu an az sea m the matter or
the Apostolic success on. yet they hal
learned 10 speak the English language, ana
thrv were selected to be married 70 be-
NcVcr- and converted. 10 have children;
and 80 return to their klusmrn 10 SiTthn
the glad tidiugs. There does not seem 10
be any logical connection between, NOR
marrying and having children and their
going into the forest TO- ave INDIAN sous
bui history is responsible for tins comb
nation. not Here Is the Hlci account oil
Their arrival in Bermuda:
lin the month lnsung arrived the sec
ond shin. and she also had lost her Master
and divers of her passengers IN Ter came
two Nirgmiau women, to Doe married l."
some would lave them. and after they
were converted aud had children thev
might be sent to their country and KIM
drrd 10 ciyllzc them. These We're two
damsels that had att nded Pocahonta- 90
ENGLAND IN 1915. Dcfroy's Memorials OF
the Bermudas" Vol. J.. page lj7. IN an
extract from Smiths Virginia"
Why thc girls were not married and con
vcrtod into the Virginia colony, instead ot
being sent 10 Bermuda for the purpose g. MS
tory does not tel Us: Int the probability
j. that the Virginia colony was az that ilii'
well supplied with women and That there
was a demand for them at Bermuda. The
early adventures were generally .yount
men, and such women a. went WITH them
were already wives so manageable girls
were always IN demand and II was no un-
usual thing for a number of them 10 te
sent where they were most needed for the
avowcd purpose OF finding husbands.
Hitherto there had been tut few women
in the virginia. colony. but Sir Edward
Sandv~. convinced that pleasant homes
were necessary TO give permauCncc 10 the
settlement. induced ninety young women
10 cross the ocean at The expense of the
company, and they were soon disposed OF
as wives 10 the settlers at Che rat of 100
pound. of tobacco worth about SOL each
The next year sixty more were sent over
and the price of q wife rose q $50 pounis
of tobacco. -Quackenbos's history oi the
II NAV have been because the market was
oyer~tockcd 10y these lmportatlouS that
the two maidens were sent TO Bermuda, or
possibly the Bermuda young men were
more religious than the \lrginians and
more likely to convert their wives.
"Sir Edward lleXt, Justice of the Peace
for Somerset hire. whites To- the P1lvy Conn
Gil, October ~, l6lS. uron, compliant II t
Owen Evans. messenger of the Chamber,
had pretended a commission to press
maidons TO be sent TO Virginia
and the Bermudas. and raised money
thereby. he had issued warrant
for his apprehension. Lyans's I'M
dine prlcccdings bred such terror TO the
poor maidcns that forty have fed from one
parish 10 obscure place.. aud Their parents
DO not know what has become OF them.
Different parishes wen toturnlsh specified
numbers. as. the village of Weston. four.
thu purpose of cXtortlon, aud how far any
real crimplug was carried ON does not APP
pear. Nfro,IS HDuWd.
Whatever was the reason for sending the
two maidcns to Bermuda 10 be married
and converted thcy arrived there IN the
ship from Virginia. and II was known
throughout the colony that they had been
sent t. find husbands and 20 bee converted.
What an interest the hearty young uumar-
4 .F If,rst,fa.la ltrks taken
the souls of those two little Indians when
they heard the story. We are not tolc
Who sent them. whether their parents or
the dominies i'm jamestown or % mi~slpnary
society, bat there they were two pretty
Young Indian crl~ who could speak OF
"mv friend, the Prince OF Wales and
that dear old cLappie, the King" as
readily as they could bring down sQuir-
rel with an arrow. so step mp, gentlemen.
There was husding in bermuda, INA
CINE, when that ship arrived. | can see
the Young planters leaving their tobacco
fields and hurrying over to ST. Georges, N
boats. on foot and on backs of dOnhcNs.
TO see the American maidens. such a
thing would excite the population of u
town even now and here. wnere we have
almost girls enough 10 20 around. Hut IN
an isolated community Of men such rs
/ Bermuda was then. and every man OF
them almost looking for wife.
the excitement must have been fully
as great a. when the Princess Louise
landed three centuries later. And If II was
an eventlul occasion for the men, what
must u have been for the girls have
heard IL sad that American girls 90 TO
Newport and Saratoga and other places
every summer 20 find husbands; but even
If the slauderlu true. they do not announce
IL by handbils and proclamation. There
was no nonsense. however. about the In
dian maidens. They did not depend upon
! the flirt of fan or the language OF flowers
/ 10 make their wishes known. They were
/ after husbands and were not afraid 10 say
50. The conversion was an after conslde-
/ ration.
The accounts DO not tell rs what became
/ of the maidens Immediately upon their
/ landing, or who took charge of them and
| assisted in the important matter Of select
! ing husbands. Whether rooms had been
engaged for them in the Hamilton Hotel
I or whether they were received at the Gov
errors house iis, DRY is always lacking
in those interesting little points that We
most want 10 know, but the probability is
that thew were sent over by some
early missionaries IN Virginia and were
az once taken IN charge 10y other early
missionaries or dominles in Bermuda
But that the young Bermuda gallants
r
tory gives VS. an assurance. Bermuda was
young then and Indians were novelty,
though aiterward Indian slaves were fire.
Quently sold, and they ranked socially
hardly higher than the negroes. In 1919.
however, an Indian maiden had as good
a chance rs any other maiden, and per-
/ haps the novelty of the thing made them
even more attractive LEROY quotes
/ again from Smiths Virginia" when he
1 tells us (l6l9, the same year the maidens
/ caIpe),
There came also from Virginia a small
| Barke, with many thanks for the presents
sent them; much aquayitm, Ole Sacke,
and Bricks they brought in exchange of
more Fruits aud plants, Ducks, Turkies,
and Limestone. OF which she bad plenty,
and so returned, During the aboad of the
stay (sle( OF this ship the marriage of one
OF the Virginia msldes WAS contaminated
with husband BIT for her, attended with
more than one hundred guests, aud oil the
dainties for their dinner could be pro-
vided"
Thus one Of the young Indians was
quickly disposed of, being married the
same year that she reached Bermuda,
perhaps the same month. But Smith and
LEROY leave as in doubt about the sort of
husband she found She was friend.