The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-19
Voice of
The People
The Facts About Pocahontas.

Slr.-It appculs from communications ~
1,n,ir Si,ntlhv issue THAT two or your
ycndcrs rire creduio,,s enough to believe
IN; Pocnllontas. When an error Is zeal
oiisly propnsrltod, even by. two persons,
das,rn n I'D whnteyer / can, sccondnlly,
70 hrjnl. these two writer's TO d confession
Of th re. tnislnhe, and primarily to prevent
d d''y H. ihc mschievous lmo,iiyiitla,
,,!hich bsv Inca ninnted. fsGl'5 a
i shall Proceed With method III this I'M
POI lul.t matteru and elect first FOR fenol!,,
NH VIC nvouches Ills is.,.,.-ss Ii lie
l'cio:l IN top Of OssA and, generally. 10
ing about lhc wrack Of matter and the
II. IL Il little difficult to discriminate be-
tween the arguments of these two scrlbes
since they appear to have rehd much the
in the an,inbIn Inclination to believe ali
they heart am, however, Inclined to
lemolsh Tic signed article, first, by tho
consideration TINT It opens viii, Il cltn-
ri ~ roIio - ,s Owl ,p,, n.y. f
ferson, wis is rcputed 10 have lived ed many
Years ago, near charlottesville. Iii this
was honest, sensible and wcl-informed,
though his style was bnrbarou, ana TN
routh." Mr.. Jefferson enters the Witness
n REX as st,.i IN expert on city and Eng
n I ne employs the ndversntive con-
Junction though in Il .crse where there
- ,,pso,u.eny ~ contrnrlety Of idea Be
,rnilv enr Is honest one docs not nat
hl .;f ann thls witness ,r who himself uses
81 s, vo i1 1l,, ~ N ms expert testimony on
st den,o by y rs r own net destroys All con-
i'1 IinI ~, io , me rest Of ms evidence
ha a.aa We nor long been u jealous mem
nst,n ~ ~ ne M aumirarl, we should DO
PROBABLY never 1 u( E, o &c Marsl1al who
say testimony in his n,,n 4 " o,,n, OF near
nj ndontin,r ,,in1I r'S VII court, quoted
oirc,,n,s nh,iy story which the
prevented Xix hcar 2 !, blrth
who could stntn Nov, ,iim,,, tu,Ye-"llnesscs
and closing in o nsa KY, nt teen miles
is sud rommentarv IN ~ =. =, q .lnn
OF mnnlind thnt Mr. INrnrs,,n ,iiIIi's sn nc,
as MS own bread ana hitter. .i' we're 70 ,o'' Il
every word that MARY ne ~ IGGora
she heard Peggy say. and, 49,, ~ i ~
sncnt In this comnlicated ana II ~ - NC i,a
feat, surrender BIS prncinles and ,l' lta,;a
rot. one eyewitness to speaj, IN 'j IL I ln
half. : = '' . '9e-
Tho next dcponort to ho nlace1 ,,no,
the stand is Mr. John 1rslsc Rafo,. upon ,.n
came to Virginia We had nou ne.or :, we ,.
this gentlc,ra,,'s vcr,c;t, = ..I " =, neaTd
sailed, but since TINT time We In n w r asI
OF assaults on his school hlstorv i AZ
suggest tho s,spIcjon th, lt's,"nN mtlcn
prone to use him when thov" c w y, w hi.
testimony and discard him whon VIM M, MS rs
not. ut is u rule Of evidence IN, NJ suc ~
n -, -.
purpose and Mr. IrIske NAV sa 'f ree ~
told to stand aside to make ,,ncn ~ ~, ~
scntimentaist who comes now ~ - w T.;
forsooth. Mr.. WI =. Thackcrav wj h.
tho dreamy provaricatin,r Ionh M, - -
years OF traffic in rn,,l; f1ction' ,oiil o.
single contribution RI = ho nv,,o, o,,"M '!s
inclusion. In n book confessc,1iv fahmI, ,me
Of q poem TO Pocahon tns yvhy Ira Us vs.,
arc made Of more sllbsta ntinl st,ff a.,
argument like this. Il. - 80 ''''' =
Tho writer's next statement wc con-
No. pfoh9nnce upon TIE asserls that
Thackeray outweigh certnin ot,,er en- =, rt trn
to the transac ion. whn,, NO l,st 49,. 49,
Mr.. Fiske he was a plump, we Vel r S .d,M
been thin. though honv AM ,,a ~ ~ INV, it'se
sort Of tnb ,,pon tlo ros n''s' ~ i'iNe no
When this writer onans IN tho s,,,,o,,.
referenae to tho alleged firan'o mos y heh ms
hayIor of Ann I ,iro nttiii
people arc dlsinclined . cnt1snrt eli,
farther. These bygone inds m,t.t l,,.n
particl,lnrlv Of that an,ahje sa,.t
involve tho heart RI tl,c,, i'm M y w,
are be tor left hiddcn ~ = Vol ~ ~ ninu
years. Il, 8 q - '''a - =
Ing hnpa yin 't nnn Wl'lrh We are royiew
hoomor.,no II i. fiti;,r"p,a,.. r.t.y. W q
with this rama rl,nhn statnn,on no,u u,'S"
lsh tho character of Pocahontas. eS "sho
Shades of fair fnso NINA Nnll :. ~, ~,
and adv ,Jnrd,, ;utii,nrlu, Nei' WYNN
Is there ovnr rnaI IL tnin -, w ~
m,ltn ona thir,, So, ~ -, W history 70
wnlcon,n - Ttmn,i i. u,,,m aIni WI" .lh
wasl-ahcm, 7 '''s'i tosai's 'ec''uSc she
mo second commandments, /.
~ oner. wiz ~ M ~ SsSnnu
~ ~, o ~, MN an arrangement OF the
~ VIII, ~ 'e orulnarH reference BOOK
na, " .niIii ~ some one mas GUS
a 1877, !, an ot , lohtas mut,rr. y de-
cares 'tlnt commuters are usually ignorant
nncks, 49, out ne admits that they
cory Win nnrrot-llke fidelity, whatever
satisfactory state Of the case We would
hardly wish them to Invent facts for MS,
any more than WE call O. on the dictionary
maker 70 invent spclllnHS IT appears
obnoxious; reference book folk have faith