Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-09

clares that he came and settled at Juan,
dape. which was afterwards the site VI
Jamestown Volume H., 240-24l) And In d
note he refers us to his third volume with a
page In which we find no confirmation OF
his theory, but IMPLY our own X. A.
Brooks historical sketch OF the coming
of John Smith and his co-settlers In ltO'.
The original documents give no state
ment as to D'Ayllon's settlement whlch
even tends to prove that II was WITHIN tne
Virg MIA capes and many miles up the
James river. On the contrary, what they
do tell us negatives any such conjecture.
They say that the natives had "commu-
nap' dwellings-dwelli with long lines
of pine posts and covered with branches.
and in which hundreds might dwell. the
writers who were cotemporary with
Newport and SIN tn give an entirely df-
ferent account of the wigwams or the
Virginia Indians. And Winsor says IL
was so cold that some of the Spaniards
froZe 10 death in their vessels. rms mol
Gates q latitude farther north than James
town. In fact. every item In the very
meagre statement of the localities given
by Winsor is just as fully met and real
lied in a thousand places along the coas.
of North America within SD leagues Oh ~
degrees 80 minutes north latitude us IL
would be in any part of the waters OF VIZ
gina. The whole Spanish-settlement-on-
he-site-of-Jamestown theory Is the
"baseless fabric of a vision"
'TOTHER SIDE.
And the negative evidence against 1t is
overwhelming. Let us remember that, ac-
cordng TO this invention, co people, lnciu-
ding men, women, children, ana
priests. with horses and cattle. and
necessarily with weapons agricui-
turaI implements and many or
many of the pla ner forms and materials
suitable for a colony, came to- the site OF
jamestown in 1876, and made a settlement
which continued for nearly two years.
Many died-D'Ayllon among them-and
only $50 survived and went away. NOW
we know. with certainty, that only 81
wears after this alleged settlement OF
Spaniards English settlers under Newport
Gosnold. John Smith. and others did come
and settle jamestown. In 1907. Ana they
f6und hundreds of native Indians, ana
vet not a relic, not a memorial, not q
grave. not a cross, not a broken fragment
of implement or weapon, ana not the
faintest tradition of the Spanish settieIS
was found by either indian or Engiisn-
man, The only rational explanation -
that no such body OF Span ards, with their
horses cattle, and implements Tor coioni-
cation, had ever settled there.
And, finally, minute fragment OF MS
toric evidence, which seems TO have es-
caped the notice of believers in this Span
ish advent shuts out their theory. Among
the records of the Virg MIA Historical So
ciety is a letter from Robert Greenhow'
the learned translator. long employed IN
the public offices in Washington. when
presents strong evidence that in 1866 Don
ArIdres Gourga de Barcia entered Cnesa-
peake bay. and was the first Spanish ex-
plorer that ever did so. Conway hopih-
SONS Early Voyages, pages 4SS-49l)
Just n Winsor is Massachusetts man.
Go was DIR. Charles Deane. Winsor's de-
NAL that John Smith and his companions
were the first white settlers at jamestown
and DIR. Deane's denial of the scene OF
Jobn Smith and Pocahontas are vapors
from the same region. and equally base
less. H. H. nv
Braehead, near Fredericksburg, va