The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-24
TABLET. in HONOR
OF INDIAN PR|N ICES S
Tardy Honor to BE Done Name
OF Girl Who Saved
ColOnists.
p. G. TYLER TO MAKE ADDRESS
Distinguished Historian Will Relate
Principal Incidents in Life of Po-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to Remove
Veil From Tablet.

Near the spot where more than 800
years ago the Indian princess Poca-
hontas was baptized, a handsome mon
! uiheht DerDetuatlng her memory will
DC unveiled to-day with appropriate
ceremonies. Hundreds OF people will
flock to the historic Jamestown Island
&c see the bas-relief tablet of Poca-
hontas unveiled this afternoon at
o'clock within the ancient walls OF
Memorial Chapel. The name of the
daring Indian maiden will ever remain
inseparably linked with the history and
traditions of the first English settle
mcnt in America, and the story of her
kindly deeds to the early colonists will
be forever Derpetuated I'm song and
story.
The monument has been donated By
the Washington branch of the associa-
ton for the Preservation Of Virginia
Antiquities. Pelham Blackford, Jr.. and
katherine Sellers Pleasants, both OF
ftiehmond. representing the descend
ans' Of the Indian princess. will draw
the string ut the unveiling. assisted by
Alfred Rfves Stands. OF Washington
representing the Washington branch
of the association. and the Youngest
member OF the organization.
ADDRESS TO DE MADE by
PRESIDENT LYON &. TYLER
The invocation will be offered at the
beginning Of the ceremonies by Rev.
NJ. Riflin Jones. and the presentation
address will be made by Lyon q. TYLER.
president of William and Mary College
In his address President Tyler will
review the story of the life OF Poca-
hontas. How the Indian girl. with her
timely warnings, saved from destruc-
ton by her savage people the lives OF
the struggling English colpnlsts will
be recalled. and the romantic story of
the Indians. and how his life was
saved from the wrath of the mighty
Chief Powhatan through the interces-
SION or Pocahontas Will be told
Lieutenant-G Governor j. Taylor Ely
SON Will accept the monument for the
Virginia Antiquities. and the Bishop
OF southern Virginia. the Rt. Rev. a.
NJ. Randolph. Will take part in the
The tablet is copied from the stone
that marks the resting place of Poca-
honths in Gravesend. England. and
placed within the walls of the old
church next TO tablet in memory OF
Captain John Smith.
TABLET BEARS CORRECTED
INSCRIPTION AS TO MARRIAGE
The tablet bears the following in
scription:
This Stone Commentaries
PRINCESS PoCAHONTAS OR
MATOAiA,
Daughter of the Mighty Amer
lean Indian chief. Powhatun.
Gentle and humane. she was
the friend of the earliest atrug-
Cling English colonists. whom
she nobly rescued. protected ra
and helped. On. her conversion
10 Christianity in 1913, she re-. i.
ceived in baptism the name OF
Rebecca. and shortly after
ward became the wife Of John
She visited England with her
husband IN 1910. and was grit
cioosly received by Queen
Anne. wife OF James L. In the
/ twenty year of her. d
Eng. while preparing to re-
visit her native country, and
was buried there in ST.
Georges Churchyard OH March
81, 1917.
Below the inscription is the follow
ing: Erected 1914 By the Washington
Branch OF the Association for the Pres
ervation of Virginia Antiquities on
this site in the old church where Po-
cahontas was baptized"
Careful investigation and research
by the Washington branch OF the as
sociation proves that the stone mark
ing the grave of Pocahontas In Eng
land states Incorrectly that the Indian
girl was married TO Alfred Rolfc. Au-
thorities have agreed that the, hus-
and the name of the latter appears on
the tablet to be unveiled to-day.
Those going from Richmond to at
tend the unwilling will leave this
morning at o'clock. going to Will
liamsburg, where they will make the
automobiles and carriages. Besides a
large delegation of Richmond people,
II is expected that many will go from
Norfolk Washington and from vari-
Gus sections OF this and other States.