The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

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reay to be deplored and whose splendid contribution to
tne history OF Virginia be praised too highly II d
nt l nom 1--WE e us that the contention has been made
seems to be this: ''u - ll'e contention
so In Smiths first accounto his in Virginia no au.
SION Whatever was made to the Pocalontas episode and %
when Pocahontas coming to London and he u - o'
ecvcd with great attention and applause did # Occur ~
r - reae TINS story in letter King giving his
ny focahontas as the ground Of his appeal for Lnd,
attention on the Kings part toward her II doe 10y
10 liat his necessarily proves the inaccuracy Of Smith -.
historian; 1t can be shown that there were reasons VIZ
TINS story did not appear in Smiths first and WY
understood on all hands that his first relation wa. lii;
son h paris 81 1t eliminated There is well-known rea
WY 1flth should not have told this incident in This rc
1 aaon ana why he should have done so It would b
s.nated before being given the public Among tt
g1ven to the colonists they were warned t ~
send back in letters or communications INV not 10
nnse news and especially must they Withhold esne
petWeen the settlers and the aborienes F r .laons
us 10 De remembered that the time when th t
must have aa Focaonas herself in England and
f. = d:s. se known OF the publicity given to This statt
aieut to believe that if it had been untrue chs
NAL Smith = ~ pass without some explanation and de-
stu ,; 1 II must not be forgotten had man, en;
nl awe who must have been acaanted t tA ny enemies
ccotd ~ ns career at Jamestown and if it had NOT h lug
is n,b settlers as story known to them before
l t ielalion 1t cannot be doubted but thar tha s
80, eei only too glad to have made promnt J n ua
OF r. Besides the story congruous both NV t} a1e
s:ons OF the Indian people and with Tia i VII III Inc
uans ever aiterward especially the condnc+ - OF ,fe
There must have been some reaso f au a
friendly relation with the settlers and r eason Tor her
tons sustained for some time be III ~. he acabe rea-
a{ft md lo
sst'ers. ms episode to be an adenat la tue
III e!ese nHgs, Or at least it perfectly con,nort
,n;r ~ uese considerations thus hastily niven ~. -
- % give up this beautiful incident as heinz 81;
T. imagination and creature Of his arrogant et
II seems to US that the whole roub1e VA; cohceit
suspicion under which Smith has been 1erd or ~ 70 .e
dnilcuty of reconcinp tte nar,dova. st t
aacter 1t is hard to give credit of sincerity and ~ m
ah VINO carries himself in such blustering and @
eeiy conscious way and the perormanc -
snd the services rendered on behalf Of the co 10 u ot
y real and substantial it might be easy to accent th 49,
~ Ease' tVhen you have made all the discount nos.h,
~ aio"eo by the palpabe and fragrant fault Of 1e 49,,
manner and character, there still noble residue
st DC taken INTO account. He was alert and on;cLIv
responsive to situations that changed with .1e;das:
s"ftness and variety. He was COURAGEOUS and resoe1
- Mar lie was sagacous and diplomatic in DEALINGS nufsl
NC immediate settlement, both with the Indians and wifi
lne LONDON Company in its ncessant and sometimes
soaoie scrutiny and requirements He was napnanmous
800 nc was always as kind and patient in his treat
OF he aDorglnes as their savage ignorance and IN,
saey OF the coonss would permit him to he Thouo1 l..
was Doastu OF speech and aggressive if not arrogant s
manner ne was brave and magnamous courageous and hon
est gentle and Just nselfis patriotic and however these
may conflict with other contradictory qualities there
De any doubt but that these the and the wool o m
character and by virtue OF these him Justly entitled
20 be called the hero of Jamestown
smith lett Virginia III 1000 return to the COLONY
alter recovering from his he was commissioned -
explore the coast OF New England To this region he gave
many of the which are now in common rs, The
Plymouth Company conferred upon him the title OF Admiral
or New England While in Virginia he wrote a pamphlet
entitled The True Relation of Virginia. and after his return
70 England he compiled history which known as Smiths
General History published in 1926 He also other de-
serptlons OF Virginia and OF New England As a writer
Smith is most pleasing and humorous He died in London in
1881 and was buried in ST. Sepulcres Church. SINNERS
s!reet, London. \ tablet erected his memory and
inscribed with the motto Vncere Vvcre and with