The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-06
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under ground made name and fame i'm
perishable III the development of this
nation.
THE committee will occasionally remind
YOU of the remark OF the Governor of
North Ca46i.a.a 10 the Governor Of South
Carolina. and WI deal to YOU the .splr-
its of the present. while I seek to
bring you into communion with the
spirits d parted thus aiding in the
effort to have you rocked in The Cradle
of the Republic.
"On the names of three at present in
consequential. places in Virginia hinges
ntuci, of the history of this, Which is
now the greatest nation of the earth.
JAMES tywr. our Beginnings: Yorktown,
The Establishment of our independence.
A,o!rat.t3x. The Final Determination
of all Questions as to the Perpetuity OF
Our; Union Yorktown is here some
aftv mites as the crow flies. southeast
of US, Appomartox yo-ier scrr1e seventy
miles southwest OF us. and Jamestown
ahead of US some siXty-five miles by
the river And as we to-day journey
toward and pass jamestown we Will en-
deavor to point out some OF the localities
possessing historic interest, because Of
their connection with our beginnings.
the achievement of our Independence, OF
the Strurg.e for equilibrium between
States Rights and Federalism.
LAND OF FOREF,ATHERS.
'"The COMMITTEES has presumed that this
feature of their entertainment will not be
without some interest for all of their
guests For whether you come from New
England or from the great West, you are
all to-day in the land of your forefathers
as well as ours. Here, on the banks of
this river long before the Puritan Pill
grinns landed at Plymouth Rock your
forefathers and ours had successfully
planted the germs which have fruited
into our present American civilization.
The earliest New England settlements
were all made in what was then known
simply as North Virginia, ana indeed
we have but recently been reminded by the
distinguished Protestant Episcopal Bishop
of Massa chusetts that 1T was Firginian.
Capt John Smith. who discovered and
described New England We need only
remind our Western friends that when
county Henrico was formed in 1924
its western boundary was the limits of the
country-the South Sea the Pacific
Ocean-and hence it then embraced with
in its bounds the site Of the present cities
of Canton, Ohio, Cincinnati Indianapolis,
St Louis, Chicago. Denver. Omaha. Lin
coin, Nebraska. and San Francisco. The
site of the present city of Richmond was
first visited by the English on the 2Srd
and 2ith of May, 1907, some ten days after
their landing at Jamestown, and & settle
ment was begun here by them two years
later. 1903, more than twenty years before
the first settlements were attempted at
the site Of the city of Boston,
When near Richmond, Mr.. Traylor said:
POWHATAN'S SEAT.
'On one of the hills which you behold
from this point, the north side, the
English found at their coming the ances-
tral seat of the great Powhatan, who had
but a short time before extended his con-
quests and dominion over nearly the Whole
of Eastern Virginia, and removed his
chief seat to more central point on York
river, now known as Purtou Bay. His
son, Parahunt, subordinate or provincial
ruler, then resided here, and he, with The
subordinate ruler of the adjacent province
Arahatec entertained and they in turn
We're entertained by the English, who
among other creature comforts, gave to
them beer, aqua vitae and sack intro
ducing on that Sunday the habits of hos
pitality which have ever since character
ized the Nirsinians. And the red men ex-
perienced what has several times since
been the feelings of those who have mixed
their drinks, for we are told that one. at
least. of the chiefs was sick that night
and that when he felt better next day he
expressed the belief that it was their
hot drinks that caused his grief This