The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-02

/ was born I'm 1915, and she. on her wa
back 10 Virginia, diei and was buried a
Gravesend.
That Pocahontas was a woman OF rar'
intellect and refined sensibilities is no
denied. even by the skeptics and icono
clasts Of Virginia history. The name II
by some said to mean "wanton." but th'
romantic Cooke translates il "brjRh
stream between two hills" while the i'm
pulsive Burke, in reciting her virtues
iaments lest posterity in reading thi!
part OF history may be inclined TO con
slider the story OF Pocahontas an inter
esting romance.
After the peace with the Indians re-
sulting from Pocahontss' marriage. many
new settlements were made.
FORBID FLIRTING.
In a discussion OF the rules Of govern
ment Of the colony, Mr. Bryan called at
tention to one curious law. the result of
the right Of self-government and self
protection which was passed in 1924.
which Burk gives us. It was to forbid
flirting No woman was to engage her
self 10 two men at one time and to this
end the law required that every minis
ter should give notice I'm his church that
what man or woman should use any word
or speech tending 10 a contract Of mar
rage TO two several persons at the same
ume. although not precise and legal. yet
so as might entangle or breed scruple in
their consciences. should for such offence
either undergo corporal correction. or be
punished by fine or otherwise, according
TO the quality Of the person 80 offending"
The enacting Of this interesting law was
brought about according TO Mr.. Alexan-
der Brown, in this way:
Mr.. Samuel Jordan, who represented
Charles city In the first Assembly. died
IN April 1923 leaving a widow. Cicely.
then Just twenty-three years of age.
Ladies were in great demand. and so the
Rev. Greville Poole, with a diligence
which is sometimes found even in 81 r.
gymen in such matters. commenced his
courtship Of the widow three or four
days after Mr.. Jordan's death. and
thought he was accepted. But some time
thereafter the willy widow contracted her
self 20 Mr.. William Farrar. before the
Governor and Council, and disavow,d her
70 mer contract. Parson Poole was not
willing to be thus thrown overheard, and
laid his claims before the Governor and
Council The case was taken up June f.
1923. and Captain Isaac and Mary Mad
ison and Serjt. John Harrison were eX-
amired touching the supposed contract
OF marriage between Mr.. Gicvlle Poole
ana Mrs Cicely jordan, three or four
days after her husbands death. The case
was too knotty for the Virginia Court.
and so IT was referred to the London
Council. who. having read the DISPOSITIONS.
enireated the Rev. Samuel Purchas to
confS with some one learned i'm the civil
law, and advise what answer was fit to
be- returned in such a case
Who got the charming lady is not re-
hted, but II is safe 10 say that sooner or
later the law was suited TO her will and
she got the man Of her choice.
1t is curious TO note the place widows
hold In the great fundamental laws of
the English people. ! insure that even
many who are learned in the law do not
recall that I'm King Johns Magma Charta
II was provided In the Eighth section.
No widow shall be compelled to marry
as long as she prefers to live without a
husband"
EDUCATING The INDIANS
In speaking Of the efforts of the col
onists 70 educate the Indians. Mr.. Bryan
said.
Mr.. George Thorpe was sent out as the
deputy 10 the College Lands. and most
zcalously did he leVote himself TO the
work OF converting The Indians. he was
a man OF consequence at home and had
been one of the gentlemen of the Kings
Bed chamber, yet for the conversion Of
the Indians he left all and came to Viz
gina 10 be the head Of the Henrico COL
legc. He showed the utmost gentleness
to the Indians, and thought nothing too
good for them. He even had some Eng
lish mastihs killed. i'm the presence of
some Indians, who were afraid Of them;
built house for their King. and fitted
locks and keys to the doors. to the in
finite delight of the savage who there
upon spent most of his time i'm locking
and unlocking the doors
But all this avdiled nothing. Opecan.
took the occasion of the death
of a conspicuous Indian who had killed
2 white man and who. in turn. was
killed by some whites for resistance un-
der arrest, 10 lay a plot for the exter-
of the settlers. who little by
little were trenching further into their
lands and defyinE the Indians them
selves. The plot was deeply laid and
widely spread II had for its object the
destruction of every settlement in the
colony. and the blow was 10 be delivered
simultaneously. The COlonists were off
their guard. and absolutely unpreparod.
The relations between the two races had
never been more friendly. The Indians
came freely in and out of the white
mems houses, and sold them deer. tur-
teys and fish. even the very evening be-
fore the massacre. The blow fell about
noon of Friday, March -, 1922, and thr-
y-One different places at the same hour
.clt it. Men, women and children suf- |
'ered alike, and 3f persons were slain |
among whom were six members of the |
'Ouncil. There was no mercy shown to |
any white friend, and the pious Mr. |
Thorpe went down with the rest, and, |
INIT a
lin, but with such spite and scorn abused |
his dead corpse as is uniting to be |
leard with civil ears.
Jamestown itself was only saved by |
he timely warning given by Mr.. Pace, to |
whom the plot was disclosed the night |
.efore by a converted Indian, named |
nance
IMPORTATION OF NRGBoEs.
In referring to the Importation of ne
roes INTO Virginia, Mr.. Bryan said:
An event occurred in August. 1913. just |
fter the session of the FIRST General
.ssembly. which received but slight no
Ice from the carly historians of that
ime, but which was fraught with con-
of the utmost gravity TO the
hole continent, but especially TO VIZ
mia.
Stith. who is most circumstantial in
is history, whose 321 closelyrprinted oc-
tvo pages brings the colony down only
, 1924. devotes less than four lines TO
MS momentous matter. He says: Ana
re are likewise told by Mr.. Beverly
lat a Dutch ship putting in this year
DID twenty negroes 10 the colony which
ere the first of that generation ever
rought 10 Virginia"
In viewing the panorama of our his
,ry, and marking the influence which
lese twenty negroes and their success
ors have had upon it. "a field OF the