Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-21

one. The Indians. instructed to, be
more friendly than ever before.
brought fish and game as daily pres
"nts TO the planters doorsteps AS
sis,ancc was given In the preparation
OF crops and guides furnished in
huntifX and exploration. Seated as
quests at ,hc> planters table, they
partook OF the food and hospitality
| "i the unSuspccting host and nj.
| harpy wife, fondlcd their little ones
ana listened TO their infant prattlc
as inpuisitivc children climbed upon
their laps and played with the bright
col"red beads that dangicd from their
rccks
/ Day OWNED bright md Cicnr.
! Good Friday. March %. 1922.
dawncd bright and clear. Young
mothers. hnmininE homeland nursery
/ songs. cuddlcd cooling onsprings To
their breasts and smiled in day
dreams Of the happy years TO some.
! housewives FASTENED ORGANIZATIONS
! Tor the morning meal that husband
and his Indian guests might eat their
! III and smoke their Peace Pipe at
IN" door. We picture Superintendent
fThorpc. LATELY arrived from England
pointing out the foundation OF the
university building the work.ueu had
! JUST commenced TO lay: explaining TO
! ''T ~" a'VHa inta hC"S the wonderful
benefit IL would prove 10 the Indian
/ boys ana girls: John Rolfc. reading
aloud the last letter from mis- Young
I son In England and exhibiting tho
| handwriting that appeared so unin-
t"lllEihic To his Ind. guests How
| proud. he thought. they must be or
TINS child Of Pocahontas their be-
loved and laInented Princess
was their no oul-picrcing eye to
read their thought; no mighty arm
I" stay their savage breasts? No Po-
| chhohtas hearted youth maid to
give them warning Of their pending
tate? Aye One. and only one. found
! pity in his heart. Chance. a con-
vertcd youth. working for his pa
iron and godfather. Richard Pace
first learned the story Of the plot the
| night before the massacre. His
! brother. spending the night with
him, gave orders from the Indian
chief that he should strike his pa
iron down when came the hour of
noon next day. Chance. assembling
drew forth the story in the fun. then
as his brother sped away 20 join his
band made haste TO awaken the
sleeping Pace and give him notice
OF the plot. Pace succeeded In wail-
| ing jamestown and the adjacent
planters, but those more distant could
not be warned in time
War Hoop siEnnled Stnrt.
AZ midday. the hour arranged, the
Indian war hoop signalcd through
out the settlements: each savage
sweeping down upon the victim Sc
lccted for his scalping knife Sur
priscd. dcfensclcss. there ,cll within
the hour. mid every brutal outrage
| familiar to the savage race 3i7 souls.
Neither age nor sex found mercy
given them. Dcfcnscless children.
babes at breast. were added numbers
TO the slain.
Six members Of the Council. Super
fntendcnt Thorpe. John Rolfe. and
many Of the colonists. most innuen-
! tial citizens. met death that day. No
quarter was shown TO anyone who
could not save his life by stout de-
| Tense
| Hcnricopolis. destroyed. was never
built again. The first university
projected in America was forever
abandoned
On the morning OF Good Friday
March 80. 1922. there were 1880 pco-
pie in the colony: that afternoon only
S:3 survived and man. of these would
have fallen victims OF the massacre
had not Chance. the converted Indian,
given warning. just in time
| Is it no: Il coincidnccc that on Nav
%, 1922. 300 years afterwards. the
people of Virginia will pay tribute.
In their great pageant to this tragic
event. one OF the most vital in the
history Of the state?
| CONTINUED next Sunday.
fThe next installmcnt will deal
with The Indian OF 1607l622)