Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-26
Warned by Pocahontas.

Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey, in her
charming sketch of Pocahontas, recently
published, says: after an interlude of
fighting burninge the towne and spoylinge
the Corne. a truce of twenty -four hours
was called. and two of Pocahontas' broth
crs came to see her. They had heard one
can only guess what, but when they saw
her well and found that she was well
treated. they much rejOiced, promising
they would persuade her father to redeem
her and forever be friends with the Eng
lsh The brothers stayed hostages,
while Master John Rolfe and Master
Sparkes went to Powhatan. who refused
TO see them, but they spoke with his
brother and successor Opechancanough,
and were kindly entertained.
This was in April, 1913, and as crops
were to be made. the truce was extended
TO the next harvest. But meantime Mas
ter John Rolfe, AN honest gentleman and
OF good behaviour asked the governors
permission TO marry Pocahontas. and she
told her brother how matters stood. Poca-
hontas had been baptized the year before
under the name of Rebecca, and her mar
riage was followed by unbroken peace.
And although Powhatan would never come
to see her, he kept himself informed of
her health and how she and his unknown
some lived and loved and liked
During the time" we are told. the
LADY RebcCca alias PoCahontas daughter
of Powhatan, by the diligent care of Mas
ter John Rolfe, her husband, and his
friends, was taught to speake such Eng
lish as might be well understood well in
structed in Christianitie, and was become
very formal and CIVIL after our English
manner. She had also by him a child,
which she loved most dearly, and the
treasurer and company took order both for
the maintenance of her and of it; besf1es
there were divers persons of great ranke
and qualitie had been very kind to her
and before she arrived in London Captaine
Smith, TO deserve her former courtesies
made her qualities knowne to the queens
most excellent majestic and her court
and writ little book to this effect to the
queene.
"Sir Thomas Dale Pocahontas and Rolfe
arrived In Plymouth June u. 1916. Her
reception is recorded by Purchas. Cham
berlain. Lady de Ia Ware and others, and
her presentations at court. her presence at
the Globe Theater when The Tempest
was played. the ball given by the bishop
of London. the Twelfth Night masque.
and the final act in the drama of this
young life. which was short, and yet
long enough to unite two hemispheres,
two races, two civilizations.
Death of Pocahontas.
I'm the statement signed by Gov. Samuel
Argall and John Rolfe himself we read
The treasurer, councell and company, hav-
ing well furnished Capt. Samuel Argall,
the Lady Pocahontas, alias Rebecca, her
husband and others in the god (ship)
called the George. it pleased God at
Gravesend to take this young lady to His
mercie where she made not more sorrow
for her unexpected death than joy to the
behoIders to heare and see her make so re-
ligious and godly an end. Her little child
Thomas Rolfe, therefore, was left at
Plimoth with Sir Lewis Stukley, that de-
sired the keeping Of IT,
In the present church at Gravesend.
erected upon the foundations OF that which
was destroyed in 1871 the rector of the