The Washington herald., 1915-11-14
First Families" in the Social Regist
Now Proud to Trace Descent from
Pocahontas and the Other Real
First Families.

% is not the poor Indian any more
sobriquet isn't very clear, but
body is scornful of him. Ever.
of family trees for traces of
everybody desires hide or hair Of Lo-
which. to deck family escutcheons and
Lo has come into his own.
Time was when Lo couldn't have
Book with an ak. That time, however,
woven romance around fact and the whit
engaged in clubbing the original America
Incidentally, his place was the lowly stat
wage and heather, and he was expected
. 1t, you bet. AS for the white man VIII
Lo socialIy-or his daughter matrimons
hard things were said Of him.
Time which was is no more. The
President of the United States is about
to marry, and-oh joy!-the blood Of
an Indian maiden flows through the
veins of his bride-to-bei Not that she
is a beautiful, talented and charming
woman, not that she is kind Of heart and
helpful OF intent, nor that her family is
honorable and honored has given the
country, especially the country uowu
Virginia way, the happiness that the
bit of lineage which connects up Mrs.
Edith Boiling Gait and Pocahontas has
given.
Besides congressional and official
Washington has all at once found itself
well supplied with Indian blood. Miss
Dorothy Owen. daughter OF Senator
Owen, is granddaughter OF the late Mar
cissa Chisholm Owen, a Cherokee accom-
plished in art. Mrs. J. S. Davenport,
wife of the representative from Okla
homa. belongs to the Shawnee tribe, and
is the great-great-great-gr granddaughter of
Tecumseh. Mrs. William H. Murray is
a ChicEasaw: her uncle was one Of the
last tribal chiefs. Misses Stella, Italy
and Julia Carter, daughters of Represent
ative Charles D. Carter. inherit Chicka-
saw and Cherokee blood from their
father. Misses Lucille and Georgia
Parker and their brother, Gabe f. Parker,
register OF the treasury, are Choctaws.
MIS-. Marie L. Baldwin. a Winnebago, is
connected with the legal division of the
Indian bureau.
Which lineal records may be all very
fine. but not to compare with a lineal
record dating back to Pocahontas.
Romance worshipers have raked that
Indian lady's past fine and clean-it's a
good thing there were no twilight spots!
They have discovered that she was an
honest-to-goodness princess, of regal
beauty, exotic refinement, and wonderful
intelligence. They have found that she
conferred a genuine favor on John
Rolfe by marrying him and that the only
reason for Queen Anne and her court
being sore about 1t was that they
thought Rolfe, a mere commoner, had 0
nerve to marry royalty.
Then they've told again that charming
story about the dramatic slay-me-but-
spare-him episode in which Pocahontas
figured. That is, in which the histories
of our well-known school days said she
figured. Research has questioned, not
the entertainment, but the veracity of
that circumstance. Research material
lies in the person of Professor Albert
Bushnell Hart. whose article on Amer
lean Historical Liars" appears in the
current issue of Harper's magazine
Captain John Smiths own story OF the
rescue is set forth in the General His
torie Of Virginia, New England, and the
Summer Isles" Among his thrilling ex-
perienCes he describes a little excursion
to the Chickahominy, where he met up
with hostile indians bent on target prac-
tice, became the bull's-eye for twenty or
thirty arrows, and was captured by three
hundred men only because he got mired
in a swamp. Being brought before the
Indian king, Powhattan, he describes In
detail his reception, a hideous and tri-
umphant dance. and a three-day cere-
WHICH eventually
to death.
THE emperour sat before a fire upon
a seat like a bedstead," says the His
torie." He was covered with a great
robe made of Rarowcum skinnes. and all
the tayles hanging by. On either hand
did sit a young wench of sixteen or
eighteen years, and along on each side
the throne, two rowes Of men and behind
them as many women, with all their
heads and shoulders painted red"
At his entrance before the king all
the people gave a great shout. The
queen Of Appamatuck was appointed to
bring him water to wash his hands, and
another brought him bunch of feathers
instead OF towel" to dry them. Hav-
ing Toasted him after their most bar
barous manner a long consultation was
held. but the conclusion was two great
stones brought before Powhattan. then
"as many as could laid hands on him
and dragged him to them, and thereon
laid his head, and being ready with their
clubs to beat ont his brains, Pocahon-
tas, the kings dearest daughter, when
no entreaty could prevail, got his head
IN her arms, and laid her own upon his
10 save him from death, whereat the
errnrour was contented he should live
70 lake him hatchets, and her bells,
b s and copper; for they thought him
as veil Of all occupations as them
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