The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-24
STORY OF P0CAHONTAS.
HISTORY NORM rREsERyING.
Tho Important Part She Play cd I'm Estnbtish-
Ing the Coiony--her Marriage and ne
cspiion AT the Court of England

with Il at every fami fresiac The people
q. LARGE along tho fat eavAnnshs OF the east
on every mountain stream and over tho Stop
iac bills. IN every dwelling place. whether
CABIN or castle indeed wherever Nirg'
lives. moves or hes his being. TINS wondroHs
narrative. next TO his religion, should have me
oe,t place IN this affections II shou'u
be made % appear moro Una"
mere legend. wherein the imaeihati'n
is perm tied O. play the cn'e'es'
tart or allowed O. remain fragment OF 'elH-
loro whose snadOwy outlines are To DC 'isl.to
only through the uiists OF tradition -"
consideration will snow TINS 10 ne ia uV.' w
case al this present time How Jew - W.
yO.nt PEG 10 eally know anu OelieNe 80 80.
hearts tiGt uch person as me CRUZ ~
kiag Pow atan did actually i've ~ .' ~
country on ork river had her chllu 'Vl"-
u.ujous and en- owed her child iroHcS IKE
tbern,s.ve. and al other children, anu Df ant
~ as she grew older tecame the SuyJe's Va
certain extraordinary prcYdencles' tno enu
of winch even at TINS remote dSy. cSHuoV 10
lo..seen. lie custom - Oeeh u Wv Nv
HISTORY Of this chosen child so untauSht 10
the mind d. VIRGINIA children that her story
81, ears 90 thet. scarceiy as TeAl ~ ~ 'ilo
trsditons of Moth Goose or the more 40
gOTD.ng account OF Blue eafd, the "i4e-A'i'oi'
BAD BEGISN1NG.
n is too much the habit IN teaching young
Nuginiaus the history OF their State ana leo-
.,Ie L. beg,n with the war Tor independence,
! to havlue perhaps referred somewhat 10
Na.hinp tor. DOyhOOd a certain cherry tree
and his fOnluess Tor breaking IN refractory
colts Then follow accounts OF battles ana
marches ia which ERE seen pictures OF grand
lookin. Fl uie IN military costume OF the DAY,
mounted upon q rearing horse. while az DIS
fauce appear lrantlc riders and masses ri men,
,nitsd upw.tL cannon smoke. fences and trees.
10 their latest day they do not tor-et these
first impressions. thinking ali tho while thst
the history OF their State and people beg as
lust where they hrst sao these pictures OF
General Va hinetOH fghtng the BIZ
t,sh This should not e. Nlrginlaus
should be made entirely familiar with the
history of their State and people from the
moment they are able u listen 10 oiHi III
stluctlon at home until they are ready 10 give
q o sub ect maturer thought and cOnsldeIa-
ton.
pocAHoxTAs' FIRST APPEARANCE.
We have thought it proper lust at this time
10 recall a few of the salient points OF tnaJ
part OF irgImas history IN which the lnuian
pincess lOcahOutas first a peared as chliu'
then as an important parsonage IN one OF the
most iute.e stlng and critical periods OF Eng
iish history, and finally as having become the
connecting Ink between one OF the great
Christian. powers ol the Old World and the
sa,age inhabitants Of the New. 10
our mind there has always appeared
L certain amount of mystery altacheu
10 the career of tho young woman. She
seems u have been III edestined instrument
directed w special providence 10
the bringing about Of certain events I'M
foreseen anl Unexpected. as contrasted
with the usual course OF the worlds MS
tory. 10 should be remembered that when
Captrin Newport and hs little heet let IN
gland he had no Idea of entering the Chesa-
peake tay. He knew nothing OF It. and ha,-
iIg entered It, driven b" stress of weather
there were many more desirable places Tn
the low .marshy peninSul8r upon winch he
finally settled and upon which his followers
mi ht have founded thor new capital. But
the same providence that bad driven linn into
the great bay and nov con Quoted him up the
euelent POwhatan ntenc.eN that he and bis
,sdvcnturers should, without being aware
of it, fix their haDitauOn close by
and convenient to the seat OF the great
ehieitsin whose power extended over the
whole of the surrould ding country. They 1T
tie supposed, at the very time they were call
Ing upon their God from unCcr hastily I'M
prOvsed place of worship 10 protect and
guide them amidst the dangers If tue un-
known wilderness. that he hacl already pro
vided ne VINO at the same moment was DIS
porting IN cAildiikc innocence upon the banks
ot another great river but few miles Oh. ana
who in turn WAS not only to rescue the great
est among them from death. but was to
save his followers at the most critical
moment from destruction and starva-
ton. Much less, on the other hand
could King POwhatan and his darling
biatoax dream that while they were enJ y
ing the freedom oil their native forests. prac-
fie.ng tue dark and unh0lv rites OF their
idOlatrOu8 worship and receiving the rude
homage Of feudatory chiefs assem- 10 ed III
grim array at Nero-wO-comico. scarcely a
cozen miles away. had already arrived new
and foreign race. whose coming 10 the land
they loved was the beginning OF their ultimate
destruct on
81 TTLEMEST Al JAMESTOWN.
II NAV be a question whether the settle
ment at jamestown would not have sue
ceelei Notwithstanding the prOvldentlal IN
terVentiOn of the indian Princess. The
acts o. history alone can furnish rea-
Foud To reply. Livery other ehort TO estaO-
Nrh nn English colony on the Atlantic coast
1i North America had failed. Futile at.
sen ,ts had followed IN succession. one after
trot.er Vast sums of money had been
ent IN vain and even the enthusiasm OF
e. e heroic and prncely Raleigh had evapor-
4..d under the Encouragement OF an ex-
lausted eXcheOuer Fleets had cen unk OF
lorele-siy disabled men had beon landed
lei. and there ut 10 perish until at last
die settlement AZ Roanoke on the coast
90. SOrth Carolina he'd ont a hope o success.
When. however. the trends OF english co on
Lla'iNh came Win NLtA4 Ni4i . ~ fiNp hlH ~
This last attempt they found scarcely IA trace
az fhe new co Ony. and 10 this day the fate of
Cheese unfortunate adyentnrers remains a
ANS .tery.
Ws have seen how Newport. in command of
tie Last eXDed ton To Virginia hal been
driven into tae Chesape. ke and had losen O
land AT jam stown BE nd escaped he dan
csrs of the s,,a An 1 was now suppos d % be
sa.ely estab sled on the land az - time when
spring was opening with bright hopes ior
TIE future. How then did II happen at
pocahoDtas tho yes unknown indisn Girl,
bai 20 much to do tii the affairs Of the
sturdy EnglsA mariners. whose hardihcod
nnd proves had Just brought them 10 Anne
Tlc&.
SMITHS CtPrURg.
Mott Of our readers are familiar with the
r'Ory Of Captain Smiths capture ~ the latter
part o. the sear o.. lie had gone with q
suall psrtv 10 explore the Jane. uyer. but
ulOn reaching the mouth of the Chicks
A1minv shap Ed h1s course up that stream a.
furns the depth OF the water W uld allow
eayl bis b ATS ard with one Indian guide
he enetrated the swamps on foot until at
tacked by tho sayages, Who had teen
cut on great hunt ter a fe &c
encounter he was captured. niOTtu-
ustely hs had fsllen III with several
tludred of Opecancancughs warriors
Nearly all of his men where killed wrile
Ne under tie escort o! several hundred
sayages was ndnctsd from place TO
pace over POwhataa's dOminions. Ills cap
tOrs seemed anxious 10 make much Of go