Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-07
indian MASSACRE NIPs
EARLY EDUCATION PLANS
Thorpe's College Wiped Out
With Dale's Little City of
Henricopolis,
USED WHITE MANS WEAPONS
Colonial DANES of America Erect
Simple shaft on Site Of First In
stftution of Learning In the Old
Dominion.

Among the many monuments
erected By tho Co!onia! Danes In the
State OF Virginia to mnrk sites OF
historic Importance, none shout d
have a greater appeal for Eichnond-
ers than the one placed on the south
side OF the river At Dutch CAP, just
below the city. In view II tho com =
ing pageant and the r.auy cNcn--
sions planned for tho guests at that
time. II would perhaps, he valuable
TO give an account Of tho spot com
memorn,ed BY the monument 50
clearly visltlo from the passing
boats or the river. Tho following
story Is taken from the eharmlnE :
sketch written at the tim" OF IN" "n-
yelling BY Mrs. Sally Nelson Robins
who was then historian 81 the 20
ionial Danes IN the state OF VIZ
s!nia.
From Richmond. AT the Falls. 20
uanr,conol.s is only fourteen miles.
and the little tourney is fuN Of ro-
mantle htstory-vAricd and at;Tac-
tive.
"Jus, beyond the ci,y-eas'ward! =
Ia Powhatan Seat, the residence for
many day OF the we'll known MAYO
family. but n earlier times wren
John Smith came 10 the site OF mo
city OF Richmond. II was an .A"'an
village OF only twelve houses oL' "A
no mean consequences
Reveals Nations Evolution.
Tree IIi'l. jus, below Howhatan.
reveals also tho nations HN"'ut ION
for In the early uinetc"niA century
II was as famous for its races hs
Monmouth or Saratoga Nhatsw OF II
and Ampthill-onc Randolph the
other Cary homestead ieem Win
romance. and Chas'elHN' ~ I's
nous diary. calls them superb hah
sions on Failing Greek wcr" the
Hrst iron works In America, ;h'
humble ancestor Of tho enormous anG
prohtatle iron manufacturers al inc
New World Next comes wilton an
other Randolph home. on whose
wainscoted walls once hung me
splendid portraits now owned y!
Edward c Mayo. OF this city Drew
ry:s Riur and ,haf'ns Bluff are
/ landmarks ~ Confederate hlsiorF
and from Richmond 10 these ro'nis
the James has not behaved Itself
urseen,,y. Now II becomes "rraiC
and INDUCES in those strange ana
Fantastic 'curls' which ar" AT once
picturesque and disrac'inH From
these rcd bluns il runs some" nat
crook edlv for ABOUT ,hrcc miles and
then turns deliberately south. con.
,!nu.ns this course for a snort
stretch. when II sweeps around
again, courses due north AMI returns
within 100 yards from IN" point OF
its divergence making curious cir
Origin Of Curtis Neck.
con THIS peninsula. Rugged 10y IN"
irregular river. stood Ia" ancient
town ~ Honricopolis The sit" com
nards tn. par, OF the KINGS Great
River known as tho 'C"rEtcr"W as
we'll as the 'Curls. and from ne
I honds az the river Curls Seek takes
SIS name. ~,
saiIsd m the river TO look for q
! ralubr!ous situation FOR town, and
ahou, thu. middle Of september set
tied there Jamestown was dcaH'N
ana the earliest colonlst came over
one may say hut 20 die
"sir Thomas quaint recital az ms
little CITY fourteen miles ""i'W 'h'
rails is probably mos; int'rostn2
~ i-s rough telling He had resolved
10 build "A new town at Tho rails
which design and purpose II ms ar
Thomas Gates. then prir pal Gov
ernor Of Virginia, well approving
furnished him with $50 men sHch as
hinsel: mad. choice ot. aud IN inc
beginning of september !''I, ne 50,
from Jamestown. and. IN daN ana
half. landed At a place where b"
purposed to 'sca,e aUd lui.d", where
he had not been Ton dai"s before nc
had very strongly !wral'G i.H =.
lish acres ri ground for i"''-
which. In honor " ~. n""." lr'i''
Henri he called blA.iac .:&m "t
Henrio opol's. -
UorncIy. hut Expressive.
across the lg0 yards az land he
tween the sou,hward aul rar'awera
neanacrlnEs Of tho James hlvei S'r
Thomas Dale erected stout pals
AIDE for pro-ectl0r aEairE, the IN