The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-19

confessed that he had sold her to kokum.
II It be admitted that he really did make
the statement the fact presents H. 4 tough a;h
gentleman must certainly have been In
formed on tho subject und we are COM
peIlcd to acknowledge that nothing short
or the typical Indian truthfulness would
have urged him to SO discrcditable a con
fossion. This view Is borne out by the
consideration that he failed TO name ihs
price at which the girl was SOLD. liad
he done this, we might suspect that conf
mcrcial vanity was moving him to boast
how woundlly he had swindled kolsunr IN
the trade.
X Instances next an authority named
Purchas who speaks OF Pocahontas and
her .'civilftie." But scf-rcspect forblds
that we enter into any discussion with Il
person who does not even know no" 70
spell.
Having now succeeded, briefly but
thoroughly. in dsposing of the reasons OF
your two correspondents. we nave cleared
issue on the mise and calmly to nvesti-
gate the facts of the. case.
And, first, we would observe that we
should do well to cut loose from me MS,
little and arc poor gucssers at pest.
They would quite asilicf have us believe
one thing as another, and often far llCier.
papor--that most ivcrncious .chronicle!tof
events-on the eve of4a political struggle
without learning that Cleveland was as
good rs elcCLcut OF ~ .5ItcpuJIiCttI
nnalI'f possible, more verae'ous still i Z
without finding that Roosevelt had him
skinned? AS an abstract, proposition. i IS
impossible to get a writer close 10 the
any reference to Captain Kokum to be
found in pocahontas' diary? Not much.
Does Mr.. RoIfe. in an autoblography,
ye US th So fohm e Xii has ase Who
personal witnesses and participants are
100 much swayed by interest and preiu-
dice to tell the truth, Long after, tne
4 breed of nnrlnists whose blood is cool
and who have little interest at stake
These gentlemen nre In fine fettl 10 Ilcll
the truth, but, ,nfortunhteiY, naaote ,r .iaf
we're born every body had FORGOT What
thn truth ~as, and there they are.
With all erroneous snppositlo,rm. there
fore. swept away we are ~ iap VT, u, ~ ~
BY antiquarian learning. calm Judgment
ana q due observance Of such class char
acteristics as settlers In all new lands
are known to have. This hypothesis ut
and Its general acceptance Will 40 more
TO bring universal pence than any bar
binger or milennumsS that ever RAJ, ne
Gus be Consul neat-handcd PHYLLIS pour
anew the China wine beneath the shady
beech: tho teapot TEMPEST will be stillcd,
and tho Wild goose OF the lower Jenmes
honk high.
The word i'ocahontas IN the Susauehnn-
rock jnrgnn-which is derived from the
dignfcd and classic secondary Ienuot-
means wet It Is likely that Mr.. g.
Sandys first observed the relation between
this indian form the term Aphrodito, M
he seems to have hecn n classical scholar
though not. unfortunately, n Harvard
man This hint alone Is nultc sufficient
for yo,,r readers. They are. doubtless
competent to build M for thcmselvcs--
and so save UP n deal Of troubln,,-thu
whole line OF proof by which 1t will be-
come plnin that Pocahontas was the In
dian Venus, regarded as having been born
in a damp place. That she had q see,
ondary -Ma,naca-.to correspond
with the folklore tito Of the Greek d.
that will appear on the surface, and all
her matrimonial transactions knl IN lopnn.
as we speak of Greece s'arrangeroat, If
our French may be excused: und man
wird verwundert stehen, ns tho German
says, curnam tempestas tails orihatnr.
- BOSTONIANS.