The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-25

history. OF course the 1.-TWO Indian
Boys" We're Manteo and Manchese, ana
in the next chapter follows their Visit
to Strange Land" This story is mos,
beautifully told of how they lived on
the island of Croatan, were about the
same age, different in disposition-Man
teo good and kind, Manchese cruel and
stubborn-were great friends, however,
and companions. How one day when
they We're about eighteen years old they
We're in a canoe going to their fish traps,
when turning bend they came sud.
denly in view of large ship anchored
and still in the water How at first
they were puzzled and could not tell
what it was. "Manchese and another
boy, who was with them, proposed to
turn back but Manteo insisted upon go
ing nearer" They go near and see men
moving about on board. They go ashor.
and beckon and Captain Amadas and
three other men come ashore. Manteo
makes a long speech in his own lam
guage which they did not understand.
Then he steps into his boat and points
to the ships and they carry him aboard
He sees wonderful things, takes a hat
from sailors head and puts it on.
delights him. They also give him jew
elry and other things. He returns to
his companions. They go fishing and
| catch boat-full and divide them into
two piles on the shore and by motions
| indicate that one is for one boat and
| the other for the other boat, thus ex-
| pressing their thanks. Then follows the
story of how they go home talking of
the wonderful things they have seen
and tell a wonderful tale to the people
! at home. How the next day largo
| crowds visited the shore and welcomed
! the Englishmen, and Manteo and Man
chese both go aboard and visit the ships
thereafter regularly. They desire to see
| the country whence these men came
and after much misgivngs, especially
| on Manchese's part, sail with these peo-
| pie back across the waters toward the
| rising sun to see the white mans wig
wam." They visit England and the
court of Queen Elizabeth and all strange
| things, etc. Manteo likes it and Man
chese doesn't. The long and short of 1t
| is Manteo becomes a friend and Man
| chese an enemy.
THE Lord of Roanoke" was none
other than Manteo, who. on his second
visit to England is SO dubbed by Sir
Walter Raleigh.
The STORY of Virginia Dare is beau.
| tifully told, and "A Sad Grandfather
was Of course Gov White on his return.
"A Cattle Ranch on the Cape Fear is
! a new story. but one well youched for
! by two histories. A colony came down
from New England in 1860 settled or.
| the Cape Fear and went into the cattle
business. They taught some of the
Indian children how to read and write.
They asked permission to take a number
of them back to Massachusetts, where
they had better schools, so one day they
We're sent, but the men who carried
them took them to Cuba and sold them
to the cruel Spaniards. After awhile
the Indians became suspicious ana
planned to scalp the settlers, but they
took alarm and sailed away.
Space forbids my giving an outline of
more of the subjects treated of. The
reader should send and get copies ana
read for himself They do not cost
much and are interesting reading. They
will teach a child more about our early
history than he can get from any other
source. 1t will give it to him, too, from
our present standpoint. We are con.
stantly learning. For instance, take
The Edenton Tea Party" treated of i'll
the third book. The material from
which the author wrote that chapter
was furnished by DR.. Richard billiard,
of Edenton ,and is just as much part
of our history as any, yet the histories
generally don't contain it, though it has
been we'll known piece of unwritten
history all these years. We have as
much cause to be proud of the action of
our noble women who formed them
selves into league not to drink any
teat as the people of Massachusetts,
have to be proud of their men who dis
guised themselves and destroyed that
which did not belong to them.
First Sound of Libertys Bell" in the
third book is one of the prettiest ac.
counts of the Mecklenburg Dee
that has yet appeared. The autohr evil
IDENTIFY studied carefully all the works,
pro and con in regard to this most fa-
nous occurrence in our history and from
them he has written his story in such
a plain. simple way that no child can
fail to be interested He pictures the
scene of the county convention in ses-
sion in the village of Charlotte, and
makes us in a measure acquainted with
the characters who figured in that meet
ing. On the 18th of May, 1775, a horse
man comes galloping into town. He is
a messenger from Massachusetts on his
way South and he tells excitedly Of the
battle at Lexington a month before.
The excitement in Charlotte and espe-
cially in the convention are pictured
most graphically, and how the next day
resolutions declaring independence were
passed. Then follows, eleven days later,
the meeting and resolutions adopted
providing for their own government.
Second Sound of Libertys Bell was
the Halifax convention nearly a year
later in which Cornelius Harnett thrill 1
ed the people, as did Patrick Henry,
and resolutions were passed instructing
the delegates from North Carolina to
vote for absolute independence.
In the preparation of this little at
tractive book Mr.. Allen has done a great
service to the teachers of the State. TO
John w. Moore the people of North !
Carolina should erect monument when ;
he dies for rescuing almost from obliv- |
ion the history of our State. The jewels !
he dug from the mine will be polished |
and repolished by other hands until the |
youth of America will read the history |