The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-09

did il was 20 roproach him FOR iis for
usuity- You did promise Powhatan
that what was yours should be his. and
YOU called him father being in h.s land
n stranger and fear you. I should can
you father. ] tell you. then. ] wiu ans
you shall can me child" And she added.
They did tell me always you were dead
and knew no other TIL came % Ply
mouth This last remark raises the
question shat Pocahoutas had been iu-
tentonaly deceived about Smiths death.
and she had married Rolfe under that
impression.
?. ta) At Grayesend. March. 1917.
o. He married Jane Pierce who sur
vived him. No mention is made " John
Role having married again after Pooa-
hontas's death
(c) Ia the parish church at Gravesond
10. CAB 1913. Rebecca-
OBJ by tablet on the wall OF the
present parish church ~ Gravesend
il. lal Tho monument which will pc
pnced in Pocahontas's memory ou
jamestown Island not far from Tie
jamestown church, near the Confederate
earthworks. is % heroic size. standing
SIX and "a haif feet upon a base OF gran
ite five and half feet iu height Poca-
hontas is shown ira Indian dress with
hands outstretcned. pleading for the
safety % the Coionists.
Cb) monument
10. GAP Pocahontas Amonate Matoax:
this last being her real name. although
she was seldom called by 1t.
lD) Her son was taken 10 London and
brought up by an uncle. When "a young
man he came 20 Virginia. and AS Lieu
tenant Rolfe he commander Fort James
on the Chickahomiuy. Only ono other
trace is found Of him. When he was
twenty-siX D64D he asked permission
81 the Governor 10 visit his granduncls
Opechancarough. and his Aunt Cleopatra
who still lived on the York River lie
married before this time young lady
in England. and became a gentleman OF
note and fortune. and some Of tho most
noted families Of Virginia are descended
from him-Thomas Rolfe
-. (a) One year. He died in 1915
90 Twenty-Five years Old
(c) Her brother. Nantauquas. and her
sisters. Matachanna and Cleopatra.
a. (a) About mile from Orapax. or
near the present Cold Harbor
90 The deaths OF Sir Walter Raleigh
and Lord Delaware
Co lie was man Of ability. a war
rior and statesman. and may be de-
scribed as a subtle diplomat and a re-
leutlcss enemy. lie was simply type
OF the Indian race in its strongest de-
velopment. cunning and treacherous. but
n man Of large brain and a certain regal
dignity. fun Of pride. persistent resolve
and a born ruler. He loved his children.
and was profoundly respected by his
people. Throughout his land Of Pow
hatan. with his eight thousand subjects
and thirty under-kngs he was absolute
master. and controlled all things by un-
written custom and force Of his Will
lie opposed tho English as long as pos
sble, and made every effort 10 overcome
them and put them to death or drive
them from the country, but finding it
impossible to do so, silently gave up the
struggle.
Is. (a) The English were on the verge
% starvation, and utter hopelessness
filled the hearts Of the rulers. out Of five
hundred persons left in the Colony when
Smith left in September, only sixty per
sons remained. the rest having died
either Of starvation or slain by the In
dian Ratchet.
% Although Gates and somers had
only provision for fourteen days, they
decided TO sail for England by way Of
the Newfoundland fishing settlements,
taking with them the remainder OF set
tiers
16 Ca) May. 1910.
CD Three ships and hundreds Of set
tiers
Il. (a) His Privy Council consisted Of
Lieutenant-G General. Sir Thomas Gates;
Admiral. Sir George Somers; Nice-Ad-
miraI.. Captain Newport; His Master Of
the Horse. Sir Ferdinand Wyman-
(b) Tho Colouists were ordered TO 90
to work. and they went. The hours Of
labor were from six to ten IN the morn
ing and from two to four In the after
noon. AZ ten and four the bells rang.
when labor ceased and the settlers at
tended religious services Ia the church