The Arvada enterprise., 1922-07-27

who. thirteen years before the coming Of the
Pilgrim Fathers. made the first permanent Eng.
lish colony In the Western world.
distinguished company journeyed to the his
tOric spot on the occasion Of the unwilling.
II included the donors of the statue: the officers
and members Of the POcahOntas Memorial assOcia-
tiOn. OF whom a large number were from Wash.
ington; the officers and members Of the AssOcia-
tion for the Preservation OF Virginia Antiquities:
ilneal descendants Of the intrepid Indian princess
and many nOtables from distant parts OF the
country.
All wore the gay green and yellow ribbon on
WHICH, IN gold letters was cOmmemorated the
corn which POcahontas brought to the starving
settlers and the tobacco which was their currency
Dr. Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler president Of
William and Mary College, was chairman OF the
ceremonies and the student body acted as ushers
INA: Focahontas IL no myth attested by a
group OF children on each side Of the statue
llneai descendants Of the Indian princess, the
Misses Elizabeth Epes Ficking and Caroline
Banister Baker Of Washington, Harriet Nichols
Garret and Aurelia Huger Terry Of virginia.
Masters Richard Minor Ely. Nathaniel Coleman
Dryden. Frank Robertson Blackford and J. Stan.
ard and Lloyd Archer. Jr.
Pocahontas. according to unQuestioned history.
was taken ~ hostage to jamestown In 1913, and
baptized. receiving the name Rebeccs In 1R1l
she married John ROlfe She went to England in
1919 and was made much Of by the court After
q short stay she prepared to return and died Of
consumption Just before the sailing date She
left one son. Thomas Rolfe. from whom q mum.
Der Of F. r. VS. claim descent These include
some Of the RandOlphs, Murrays, Guys WbIttlea
Elbrdres and BolllnRs-Mrs Woodrow Wilson,
born Boiling. Is a descendant.
SO Pocahontas has come into her own at last,
ID the Pocahontns Memorial association pur.
~ to increase her fame In the land. The m.
Non was formed In Washington In 1905 and
iheosSrated In 1908, with the pledge Of com.
d"" Presess by the erection Of memorials such
~ """ s<led on jamestown island.
Inc soe will continue Its work In historic
reS'"'." ""e lubllxh documents bearing on the
jamestown coNy and the Indian wars OF the
sr". ine1s nv N,out three thousand members
IN t.'s ""l'o"a. Sanlxation and branches gov.
erncd by regents ~ established In nearly all the
states and insulnr pass..,on,
In emulation OF inc ~>%k Of the Pocnhontns ms.
socintion the Smiths ~ getting rendy to do
something Tor the memess Of their ancestor
who should be more famous y America than he il.
It's time they did. There nrs -, three rcm,n,cr.
OF him In this country: one Ia .bc conure,.ionni
library at Washington: one In a esurch In smith
field, Vn.. and Smith Island In 0..nsnks Knv
The Captain John Smith Memoras .ssor,,,nn
with headquarters In Norfolk. Va. is sss,, IN o,cn
n campaign TO rehabilitate the menu,, n, m.
savior OF the jamestown colony. Foe 4. hin,
quite much ns to Pocahontas the Jau.,.o,yn
colony owed Its escape from extinction. N 4.
proposed TO bring his remains to the Uat..i
States md to entomb them In the old lighthous,
ut Cape Henry. built In l7S0. which tAs
first English settlers landed Near by they pro
pose to erect mn imposing monument.
Capt. John Smith wns buried In the obscure
parish church OF ~. Sepulchre. London. and moth.
Ing but n commonplace stone marks the spot.
The British government has been approached on
the subject Of transferring the remains.
Capt John Smith was an sdventurer Of ~
known before he came to Virginia Hs was born