Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-03
JOHNSMlTH'S RESCUE.
The Place Were This Is Said to Have
Occurred.

To he Editor o the DISPATCH
at is lie dsty to be particular in these
matters and to respect local opinions ana
traditions Thus YOU write IN regard TO
the name ofNewpCTt's News. Let the same
rnle be auplled to case Of which 1t IS
hoped thateven the Norfolk Landmark Will
approve. ,.,,, e Az
Some time ago al outing" OF the
Young Mems Christian Association en-
braced POWbatan, bdow Rlchmond, ana
for many Years the residence Of Robert A.
Mavo ESQ In an account of that excur-
sion. published in )ne of our city papers,
IL was stated that they had visited the
scene of Smiths recue by Pocahontas.
A very'short timeAgo your columns con-
famed the following: There Is nothing
more appropriate Lhan for the people, to
take the matter inland and see that pc
fitting monuments erected 70. Virginia
illustrious pioneer and East hlc1lhonu ID
the place that shiuld be marked as the
historic site of hif famous rescue by Poca-
hontas." ,;.ol,o
memorial of Understandable Captain John
Smith. Notwithstanding the vigorous a.
sanits made upol him. II may also be wen
erough 10 adorl with il some commanding
noeition ON tic lands of the East Rich
mond Improvement Company. But TINS
cannot be dore with any idea OF thereby
marking "thi historic site OF the FAMOUS
rescue,5 for if that interesting incident
agar occurred land il Is not intended mere
~ ,-o into aTv of the doubts on that SUB
;ecfS II musI have been far away from East
R;cbmond ut Werowocomoco, on 1orK
river. in Gloucester county. Even the
nlace Of Smiths capture, swamp OF tne
Eb;clabbminv river, is some miles from
tho ,,eorest line of East Richmond" ana
6a was conducted prisoner TO the lndlah
Fmper1r. Powhatan, at his then tesiu ZEN.
on York river. Smith and Newport altel-
wards visited him together az Inat tlaCG,
Nv. friend Charles Campbell. a Ieaulilg
h;st9r;an and antiquary of Virginia, once
believed that he had ldentihed Shelpy, ING no
Soos;5ence of the Pages, as the slte ol
Worovoconoco. but afterwards WIN Vhe
III ~ SMITHS "Newes from virginia
8 i nublished in London in 1908, ana re-
nnbhhed by me in the So'af'ern LIe ~ !.
NesSonqey. in 1915, he became satlSneu tna'
Powhatans Chimney Is where "eIoMoII
comoco was. This name Is spelE ee'0i"A
d;fIerent WAYS in the early narratives:
tPowbatan's Chimney is about three
- from Shelby and is built OF stone
sound on the banks of Iilnoerneck o' IoiH
~ eaSiIv married. is 1919 feet hlgh, iva
e sLNt 80 al its base. and has double nue..
M Srcnlace ls s feet wide, with an oaken
beam across it. This, chimney VA WIS u,os
nrobably attached TO the house whlcn was
bnilt For Powhatan by some Dutch Mof fn n,
r Uu,r' Who were sent from Jamestown i nd
tLot nurpose. II stands on high gro!uh y.
ord ia conspicuous from every POM ~ :;
w. Deichboring bay. 1t is stu ~
, 1no uit6 modern farmhouse, at the
G9oSol of whose yard is a hne sprlmg
t6ot was long shaded by veneraole un ir
baseoas red but Of late sy sIsS s p50gn
down. s IN III hat spring Pocahontas may
baye dabbled in her day. Her name ~
norS,ng 10 Heckwelder, signihes Iut
Sotween two hills" MIR. Campoeli Visi 9
Cd explored the above localities, abG
SaT Freely freely used the cOmmunication whioi
be made TO me for the HesSe!'geri =. We
he ~ i,i, 1,iece a monument to Smith at we,
.oi 30 p5n would be altogether lneexPe
H;ent Int surely every effort should ~
. uledde' 70 preserve Powhatan,s Chimney, an
mauo W ,D,,o,tbv of the special attention
y US ses Society for the Preservation OF VII
| einia's Antiquities. R-B.M.
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