Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09
Women'S Clubs.
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Good Queen Bess did not know then that
Pocahontas was an obstinate democrat
and the mother of a posthumous repub-
lie. How could she know? /.
Mrs. Rolfe would. il living, in the
present day of plethoric nomenclature,
doubtless call herself Mrs. Pocahontas,
poWhattan Rolfe She was Virgin,
ian and justly claimed a place among.
the first families, and she is reputed to$
be the first person to attach r. r. vs.
to her name. The exact place OF hers
birth is not known though it might,
have been on Plymouth Rock. since
that piece of historic masonry did some
where in the sixteen hundreds consti-j
tute itself a statue and a statute to alI
succeeding generations of men. Sonle'
sticklers for chronology venture to as,
sert that Plymouth Rock had not beer
built then. but a writing supposed to
be an autograph from the god Leus, has
recently been dug up from under the
sacred ground on which the stone has
for more than 4 century rested. that
Plymouth Rock is the veritah!e stone
which Chronos swallowed in the vain
belief that it ccItained the king of
that family of wandering Fnglishmen,
who We're rowing over the earth in quest
of religious freedom. which tney had
someWay lost and have never since
been able to find. discovered this stone.
where it lay near the ancient temple of
Athene near Athens, even as ii h;-< been
cast up by :he Disguised ante-god
ChrGnOs just before the famous war be-
tween the gods and the Titans on
Mount olympus.
That these wandering Engiishmen.
rugged up and manned the historic
stone and sailed across the Atlantic
ocean on it: that they anchored it first
in Boston hsibor. but afterWard. il
ohediance TO an oracle from the priest
OF Zeus himself. it was taken TO d
point 30 miles south. 10 a bay construct
ed for it. and named Plymouth bay:
that the shade of Phidias was sent by
Pinto 10 Worthily adorn a temple for
il: and that since its apotheoss on
Mount olympus three thousand years
ago. it is without beginning of time or
end of days. Then Pocahontas might
have been born on Plymouth Rock,
which would not rob her of her claim
TO being a N;rginian, since the stone
was anchored on a coast which was Vir-
Siiiiti III L pN lilitt. anu tlie- Is
legend that Pocahontas stole some
corn from the county north of James
town and carried it as a present to the
redoubtable John Smith. and it was
through this incident that she met her
future husband. John Rolfe. Mrs. Po-
o.hontas Powhattan Rolfe visited Eng
land and was treated with great dis
tinction. but it was said that on her
asking Queen Elizabeth for the Kohl
moor for the adornment of Powhattan'S
war club, the indignant queen ban
ished her from the court. Mrs. Rolfe
died soon after of disappointment. and
Queen Elizabeth in disgust and rage
against the west turned her attention
eastward and founded an Indian empire
of her own. This is said to be the rea-
son why the sun never rises in the west.
1t is hard to tell what would be the
preeent status of Virginia and the
United States if John Smith had not
discovered Pocahontas. All the people
in Virginia are her descendants. and
Virginia holding the proud distinction
Of being the Mother of States" it is
hard to see how the younger common
wealths could have been propogated.
There is another shining light in the
galaxy of southern women, the lament
GU wi >. -hetI w csiliiS lDll sac Is lQc
author of that beautiful legend that
has come to us in song and story for
nearly two hundred years. Il cannot
tell a lie. father, you know l can not
tell a lie" The authentic history of
this incident is. that the teacher of little
George found some discrepancies in the
little fellows statements, and on men,
tiOning the fact to his mother. she re-
sponded: My boy never tells a lie
Little George happened to be present
on the occasion, as the later little
Georges generally are on similar occa-
sions and he was SO impressed with
the heroism of his position that a few
days after when Father Washington
discovered an ugly cash in his fayoritc
cherry tree and asked George about it.
he even acted the part he h,,i been
thinking over With such satisfaction,
declaring, Il cannot tell lie, father
You know l cannot tell a lie. l
| cut the cherry tree with my little
! Ratchet" But good Mary Washington
| believed to the day of her death that
| little George was only playing a part
| and that some bad little boy cut that
| tree" My little boy never tells a lie, =
| has become the vernacular of al thc
| mothers of the land. ahd Mrs. Mary