The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-21

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OF Her Lovers, Who Was Doomed to
Die and Whom She Did Not Marry.
''It is strange and incomprehensible,
nevertheless fact, that raconteurs, from
| he time of the first liar down to the
present age of MuIhattons and Nun
.hausens, with a wonderful unanimity
persist in falsifyinS and twisting the
ruth into an unrecognizable quantity. +"
aid Colonel George as he gazed at the
wondrous landscape panoramically com
ng into view
We were speeding over the beautiful
| ea green waters of the Chesapeake bay
m the steamer Ariel from Norfolk to
Richmond. l made the acquaintance on
BOARD of the gentleman who gave utter
| nee to the above sage remark. When
he colonel spoke the boat was on the
We of passing historical jamestown, and
he passengers had grouped themselves
ogether on The lee side to catch feet
ng glimpse of the ivy clad front wall Of
he old church, standing sentinel-like on
peninsula formed point of land.
AS we rounded the wide bend of the
liver, and the church, the sole remain
ng relic standing on the scene of the
omance Of Captain Smith and Pocahon-
as, hove into view, the colonel resumed
lis conversation, or rather monologue:
you must have noticed in your life
ime how story Will grow as it is re-
rod fro,o LIN fA lfTN-hnNry 4ba y,
becomes distorted and subjected to in-
Vulnerable alterations Of fact In illus
ration of this, said the colonel thought
;ully, will relate you an Indian legend
,ecalled to my mind by that old ruin" +"
pointing TO the church wall which the
boat was just then gliding by. 1.-THE
tory. as heard it. was told me by an
I'D farmer, well known in the neighbor-
aood, on my last trip up the James
liver, just before the war"
POCAHoNTAs' REAL NAME.
jamestown vanishing from sight, the
colonel and / returned to the cabin,
ought seats away from the crowd of
passengers and | settled myself comfort
IDLY to listen to the tale.
when Captain John Smith made the
irst settlement in Virginia, the white
md red man lived on terms of amity
ind confidence" began Colonel George
Caucasian and Indian mingled with
Zach other and were held in mutual es-
;eem. Until the outcropping of the
yreediness and avariciousness of the
3ngishmen became apparent, peace and
prosperity smiled on the hardy settlers.
"ln the village ruled by Powhatan
here dwelt lovely Indian maiden. Her
kin was the color of polished copper,
Ter hair of ravens hue and her eyes
parkled as the morning star yelled be-
lind gathering storm cloud. Warriors
rom far ard near sought her hand in
marriage, but her heart remained invul-
lerable to all vows of love and devotion
However. when the white man invaded
he habitatiOns of the Indians, among
heir number was a youth comely to
ook upon, famed for his courage and
manly qualities Tetehee, in the course
If her many visits to the newly founded
village on the James river, cast her eyes
IN handsome Homer Castalwain, and,
ol the little Indian god of love pierced
Ter heart with his arrow, and she loved
lim with all an Indian maiden's fierce
less.
Now, Chief Opechancanough, one of
2owhatan's tributary rulers, had son
Who was madly in love with Tetehee,
;he Morning Star. Bankee (Black Bear)
vas cruel and vindictive Indian, and
when he learned that Tetehee's heart be-
onged to despised white man he swore
vengeance upon his tomahawk against
Homer Castalwain.
TIE TRUE VERSION.
"In the soft Indian summer, with
nature aglow with variegated colors,
retehee. in company with the other
naidens and squaws Of the village, was
gathering the golden ripe maize for win
er use from the fields of the king.
While the maidens were at work Bankee
aided the cornfelds of the powerful
?owhatan, carrying off to his own vii
age the object of his savage affections,
He meant to coerce Tetehee into mar
iage while in his power, raise war
party, attack the settlement Of the white
men and exterminate it.
"Castalwain. upon hearing of the
threatened danger Of his lovely Indian
oride-to-be, accompanied by Captain
John Smith, supphcated King Powhatan
or aid to rescue her. This was granted.
80, with war party composed of Indians
md settlers. under the leadership of
Smith, Opechancanough's village was
urprised in the midst of his sons we'd
hing festivities, Tetehee rescued and
3ankee captured and carried before King
2owhatan
Then it was that his fate was decreed
death by beheading, so to speak. As
3ankee's head lay on the stone, huge
indian standing over him, Pocahontas
.ushed between the upraised club and
orostrate man and begged her father, the
King, for his life-not from love, how
ever, but simply through pity and weak
aess of heart.
This Is the true version Of the world
wide famous legend Of Captain Smith
and Pocahontas, which poets and his
;orlans have handed down for genera
ions 1t is sample of what a truth
lndergoes--how it is garbled as related
oy one and another in the course of mar
alton The accuracy Of the story is un-
doubted IN my mind. as it is well au-
fact in the neighborhOod IN
which the old farmer lives, that he is
the last living descendant Of Homer Cas-
.alwain and Tetenee, the Indian maid
al. Atlanta Constitution.