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LEWIS DAVIS
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Toccoa Crrv, Ga.
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PATENTS.
li 7/i . G. Henderson,
PATl: ft f ATTORNEY SSOL’R
m/ fie PA S’, 925 P S'lPEPT,
P. O. Sox 30. Washington, D. C.
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I a suer l t.e ab<>\ i titli
tue writer of this article presented a
view of Pokahontas that was the re-
jit of patient and conscientious
of the old relating to
her. There is am V ason to be¬
lieve that ever the ma lt y of well-
i formed pe: so s have nut examined
these facts, considering them cither
unimportant or devoid of interest. A
gentleman of extensive reading ami
critical culture, the author of some
excellent books, propounded this
question the <> i er day: “Is‘My Lady
Pokahontas’truth or fiction?”
I’he necessary reply was that both
were mingled, but that the truth, that
is, history, predominated; ami it may
interest many persons, who share the
the newly awakened interest in Airier
history, to read a brief and cau-
did statement of what I believe to be
the actual truth about Pokahontas.
The subject is not at all trite, as may
be supposed b\ the general rentier,
t,lou ^ h the single incident of the pre-
servation of Captain Smith’s life is a
well-worn legend.
'The romantic incident has natural'
ly excited interest and sympathy, but
. the interesting . .
not most event in
the , lire ... of , ,, L okuIu , , mtiis. What is
apt
to arouse a more intelligent curiosity
is the question of h-r real character
and her real relations with Smith,
which had a very important hearing
upon the history of Virginia, and
therefore of the United States, as the
settlement of Virginia was the first
step in our history.
1 will endeavor to state what are, I
believe, the ascertained facts in re-
gard to Pokahontas, leaving to one
side whatever may have been written
by her admirers or her critics, and,
more than all the heated controversy
is to the mail incident »-f her
That is sc meriting quite apart
this paper, which aims simply to col-
bet the scattered statements to he
found in the old writing** and to
sent the writer’s views for the re a i-
er’s judgment.
Pokahontas w as the daughter of
Ptivvliatan, c! : <? t he 1 1 tli:. I» tribes
■M ndewufcr as t >ori ,
ou Smith rates th¬
of KU‘7 *hc \V AS el or
n . 1 music IlvT iCT jt.rtt
f his cap ure
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• III til c.t -:s f. M
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. hd t av*: louncii ot Y U
\er, i ot far from tie present site of
orktown. As Smith only Wis car*-
tured, all that then occurred rest on
on l:is own statements; ami what he
stated v\ t Ht the iiidians vvere
aboutto< % li <utr his brains ; when Po-
N . ot.un- r;*.n to him, and, taking i.-is
: e.ui in I ♦ r arms, begged Pow hatan
to spare him. To ti.is the Indian
niief consented, and Smith remained
w'itb the Indians for the tiinr, making
toys and bead trinkets for the child.
Powhatan apparently conceived the
idea of making a friend of him, ns he
offered him a tract of and if he would
eotne to live with him; and finally
consented to his return to .Jamestown,
Pokahontas haring thus made her
entrance upon the srrnr, frequently
reappears from that time forward, for
about two y ears, and, after an inter-
mission, more prominently still. The
settlers were suffering g,ratlr for
food, owing to their improvidence
and the incapacity of their, rulers,
This fact coining to the knowledge of
Pokahontas, who lived about fourteen
miles distant only, she apjieared at
Jrmestown. with a party of Indian®,
can* ing baskets of corn, »nd ve i o:»
probably, on the’r shoulder-, a succor
So iu ’P ,,rtM ** t *H»t a conemporavi
writer, w..o w-s preocitt, utciare* that
Devoted to News, Politics , Agriculture and General Progress.
TOCCOA, GA., DEC. 24, 1886.
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>V an e-M -rt of Indians, bringing hum,
t seems, as neiorc; a ui Smith’s sub-
sequent statement in London was.
that without this food, and that sup-
plied afterwards, the Virginia settle-
e; 11 ouid have been adanu *actt
These fact S H ppear to be w, estali-
iished by the published testmonv oi
persons then at Jamestown, and raise
ihe interesting question, What in*
luced the Indian girl thus persistent-
]y to aid them?
It is necessary to conclude that she
assisted the strangers and enemies of
her own people, either from native
goodness of heart, and sympathy for
them in their distress and suffering,
or from a. personal interest in Smith.
The first explanation is credible from
! general v'ew of her character; hut
the j-ecoml is apt to suggest i f self, af¬
ter a consideration of all the facts, as
the more probable. Many passages
in the uncouth records seem to indi-
•ate that peculiar relations existed
between them—on his part of grati-
i title, and on her own of a feeling
much more romantic. One of the in¬
cidents of the titne was Smith’s re¬
lease of some Indian thieves at her
request, “for her sak<* only,” ami the
Xjiressious employed long afterwards
by Pokahontas in London, se**m to
leave little doubt in reference to her
own ee ings.
The general conception of Poka¬
hontas is so vaguo and undefined
:
that it is desirable to ascertain the
precise particulars recorded of her.
Her con rag , tenderness and devo¬
tion have never been denied. What
was she per: onallv ? From the re-
ports of her contemporaries we derive
these traits relating to her. Her face
was attractive, to an extent at least *
“exceeding any of the rest 1 :»f the
Indian girls. As Smitn adds that
she had “a great spirit, however her
stature,” her figure was probably
slight; beyond which there is no
more testimony, except that the Ecg-
high courtiers dec) red her to be “well
favored.” The stiff portrait taken of
her in Lon*!on determines li tie, except
that h* r face " i leasni.t. Her
matiiKirs were characterized as grace-
! t i «*f diotrtv by the Eniu r -
4 a r ,
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herself ‘’as the. daugi.ter i j
Leaving for the m«*met<! the * ! f t a
e vents, let us p >- r
I of Smiti:. Be wits ct ibis time
w*»nt v-eigut, and seem:: from bi -
t»ait, to have been gallant and ham»-
some. His tmium-r said to have
mild and cordial, though i
temper was irascible; and the
cumstances of his first acquintanec
r- ith Pokahontas on the \ >rk were
s ei! calculate ! to exi-ite a rontmin
interest in hi n. Notning mor
probable than that such iti rest
should have bee. avowed in Pok > -
hontas. The question is, who her the
records contain any evidence on ri'e
subject, or any statements pointing t<*
the inference that she became ro-
mantically attached to him. Me
have only the assuranue that he might
have married her; but setting that
aside as a vague statement of uncer-
tain meaning, there are several known
incidents that carry a strong morai
evidence with them.
To tin b rs’and the bearing of tl»ese
iuciden's, it is necessary to look t«
the dates. I’he capture or Smith
took p a e in December, 1007; he
was permitted to return to James-
town in January; and it was through-
out the winter and the spring of 1(508
that Pika hontas nroved herself the
gsnrdi tn ngel of the starving coin-
uists '-»v bringing t' e?n ?<««!. Nothing
is s i 1 of her r-/i io is wfili S-nirh
o tin r this Ti^r’ »\ b it they :iiu*t
ucccodarLy liavo aceu a deal ai
.1
e year h .1 1 ex nteu an
bit ter ts tvedare
n Was sgam aunri t-
stricken, and Smith sailed for the
York, with an armed party, to trade
or corn. But Powhatan was unwill-
„g to trade, Did a trap for the de-
action of the English, and nothing
saved them but ti e courage and de
V4 ) on of Pokahontas. She came
ahme through the darkness and cold
of the winter night, to warn Smith
that he was about to be attacked; and.
when he offered her some coveted
'riuket to show his gratitude, she re¬
fused it with tears in her eves, telling
him that Powhatan would kill her if
he saw her wearing it. The result
•> r Ciis brave act that Smith and
was,
his men were found ready, and the
attack was not made, an attack which
he afterwards stated must have ended
i his des ruction.
In the next year, I GOO, Smith was
}> »i ifullv wounded, overthrown by
the faction opposed to him, and he
sailed in September for England, af¬
ter which Pokahontas never returned
of her own will to Jamestown. As
she had constantly visited the Eng¬
lish before that time, her absence af¬
ter Smith’s departure rrust have ex¬
cited the surprise of the colonists;
and it was only many years later that
events occurred that seemed to point
to the true explanation,
Three or four years afterwards, Ar-
ga!e, an English captain, was scut up
the Chesapeake to trade for corn, and
was informed by an Indian chief,
whom he visited on the Potomac, that
Pokahontas was with him. As noth-
ing had been heard of her for along
time, it was probable that she had
gone tint her to live, the inference
seeming fair that site was no longer
interested in the Jamestown settle-
menti Argale took her prisoner, by
an act of treachery, intending to hold
her as a hostage, and carried her back
to Jamestown, w here she was treated
kit dlv, but kept a prisoner.
What may he called the second act
in the life of Pokahontas then began;
am! an event speedily occurred that
seemed to falsify the theory of her
love for Smith. As it was now the
year LSI-’., she was about eighteen
years of .ngp, and a yoeng English-
ma:>, John P -lb, 11 in > : nv»> with
hp F r-' n letter • at he addres? ,
t c- Dale, the govern
i. t f. vre c»-i !*e no
f da ,>. . • eive 1 s
: i si p er
tp a rare
pamplilet of the time, Humor’s “Pres-
**nt Estate of Virginia,” and is a very
cunou s production, coming from a
staid ami “discreet” person, the char-
acter at frihuled to Rolfe. He repre-
sent< himself as a prey to doubt and
great trouble; ought he to disregard
the c uimaiid to the lsnelivies not to
marrv “strange wives,” or inarrv
Pokahon as, and make iter a Christ-
He w t.- unable to decide on
his duty, he saiil; but a still more in-
mresting question is suggested to the
rt »ader: Whether Pokahontas was at
t | >e time prepared to marry Rolfe?
J f s he was prepared to de so, it seams
reasonabie to conclude shat the had
quite forgottena Smith, or that the
theory of her romantic attachment to
him was a mistake.
As events indicated before very
long, she was ready to marry Rolfe.
Sir Thomas Dale sailed up York river
to restore Iter to Powhatan in exchange
for some Eiiglish prisoners; but Poka-
hontas clearly betrayed her indispost-
tion to be restored. She landed
anmug her own people, but treated
them disdainfully, scarcely taking any
notice of them; and when P»»whatau
di,l not come to meet her, ami made
difficulties about tlie exchange of
prisoners, tho yo nprincess tossed her
head, aud declared she would
NO. 20.
E° buck un i live “with the English*
men who loved her.”
Almost at the moment when she
made this declaration, a friend of Rolfe
handed his letter to Sir Thomas Dale.
read it, probably laughed hearti-
j >% am ] y at once giving up his plan of
laying waste the Indian territory, took
Pokahontas back to Jamestown, whore
she was soon afterwards married to
Rolfe.
These are all the known facts thus
far in the life of Pokahontas, who
proceeded to lire “civilly and loving¬
ly” with her husband, bore him a son,
“whom she loved dearly,” and, two
or three years afterwards, accompa¬
nied Sir Thomas Dale to England.
Ou the face of this array of common
place incidents, there is nothing to
support the hypothesis of any attach¬
ment to Smith beyond mere friend¬
ship; but soon after her arrival in
England, a single incident in addi
tion agaui supported the theory, and
gave, indeed, a very strong warranty
for it.
As soon as the ship containing
Pokahontas, her husband and child
readied Plymouth, intelligence of her
arrival was carried to London, and the
event aroused general interest. It
was known that she was a princess,
ami the first Indian that had married
an Englishman. There was then a
mild sensation that soon *rew very
strong.
Smith was the occasion of this.
Hearing of the arrival of Pokahontas,
he wrote an eloquent and glowing
letter to the queen, described the
scenes in which she had preserved
his life on two different occasions, and
declared that, “during the time of two
or three years, she, next under God,
was still instrument to preserve this
colony from death, famine, and utter
confusion.” The. letter attracted the
attention of tiie court to Pokahontas,
who speedily became the fashian, and
was visited by the nobility near Lon¬
don; but was only when he was about
to sail for New England that Smith,
who was in London, went to see her.
A brief account of what took place
in tins interview remains, anil seems
n.su, port the ornginal view of the
feeling of Pokahontas. At sight of
Smi^h she covered lier face with her
hands, and for a long time remained
entirely silent. They then conversed
with each other in private, and
>ther things she said: “1 hey did tell
me al ways you were dead, and I knew
no other till I came to Plymouth.
This statement leaves no doubt
ieast of one. fact, that some person
persons in Virginia, as far back as
1013, when she was carried a prisoner
to Jamestown, and informed her
Smith was dead. As she remained
under that conviction until her arrival
in England in 101(5, she accepted the
attentions of Rolfe, and married him
believing Smith dead, and her union
with Rolfe, therefore, is reconcilable
with her previous attachment to the
soldier,
1’heir interview seems to hare been
brief, and one of passionate feeling,
full of reproaches and tears on the
part of Pokahontas, and apparently
of a vague embarrassment on the
part of Smith. It is not difficult to
understand why he should have ex-
perienced some embarrassment. There
is nothing to indicate that his attach-
ment for her exceed that of a grate-
ful friend. Site had preserved his
life, and he sincerely admired her
courage and devotion, hut that was
all. His life in Virginia had been
anxious; he had had no leisure
sentiment or romance.
But it seems that the case had been
very different with the Indian girl
dreaming in the York woods. There
is no unanswerable testimony that
such was the fact, but ail the itulica-
tious supjjK»rt the, hypothesis; and tier
marriage to another persou does
JaSje. JiaUU*
ATTORNEY AT LAW-
TOCCOA. GA.
idSTOFFlCS n;j stairs over W. A. Mathaaoa
vVii.i. attend promptly to all bu-iluca*
l.u-tcd to him Special atteutien givcu to tbe
Collection of chums.
7 Jit. Smith,
cv.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
i OCCOA (i A.
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Will practice in Use counties of Tlabcrsiiam
Hull Buka ami Fntiikliu. bpeial attention
given to collections. Jaa2tr
contradict it, since she belived Smith
to he dead. The interview at Brent¬
ford seems to have baen their first ami
last in England. Smith sailed on on©
of his voyages, and in the ensuing
March Pokahontas died, making “ti
pious and godly end,'* just as she was
about to sail for Virginia with her
husband and child. It mav interest
some readers to know that this child
became a gentleman of note, and that
eminent persons in Virginia have de-
scended from him, among them John
Randolph of Roanoke.
It would be on error to suppose
that the simple facts above stated are
familiar to every one, since the dis¬
tinguished major-general of the
United States army, whom I have al*
luded to, a man of culture, was oblige
ed to confess that he was ignorant,
jud to ask for enlightment. If outf
national history possesses the import¬
ance beginning to be attached to it,
a the “Historical Association” indi-
cate and the elaborate enterprise of
President Winsor demonstrates, it
would be unpardonable to be indiffer¬
ent to Pokahontas. The view pre¬
sented ot her here in personal; but
there is another view much more im¬
portant, the public view. Nothing is
easier to show, by the concurrent tes¬
timony of the old writers, than the
fact that she preserved from destruc¬
tion the first English Colony in the
United States; and that, Jamestown
once abandoned, the North American
continent must have fallen under the
sway of Spain.
Paint tho Town Red*
Apropos of the slang phrase 'to
paint the town, red,* a well known
politician relates the following epi¬
sode :
Mr. B- represented a rural con-*
stituency in Congress, and he wanted
to be Senator. His opportunity came
»>ne day, and when he found that hie
name had been balloted for in the
legislature, he left his farm and went
to the State capital to keep bis eye
on things. When at last it was an¬
nounced that he had triumphed in
the contest, he rushed to a telegraph
offluej >nd { „ t| , c entl.u.iasm of
the 11)omenl se nt this message to his
family: ‘Elected! Hooray! Paint my
old home red l* He staid at the cap-
j ta l for about a week, celebrating his
um ,d fortune, and then returned to
(,j 8 i U $tio scclti sion. On alighting
; from the train he was half dazzled by
a sca rlet glare that app.cached above
the apple-trees of his orchard.
*VYhat’s happened to the house?* he
asked in amazement,
‘Nothing, 4 replied *ine of his fellow
j town? men : ‘only you telegraphed us
to paint your old home red. asd we
have done it. Here’s the bill/
They had painted the house, and
j blcs barn, —iti and fact, pens, and beanery and sta*
i there was hardly a stick
; on Die prnnises that ha l not been
painted a jubilant red.— m aiper s.
TE9T for Death.—D r. Charles W«
Fox <»i Mo - 1 iOtscg i tO'io.y, N,
t«,.. following test for death : I
* wi*h to give the public and
a sure
simple lest of death which I have
practiced during tny forty-eight years
in the profession. First expose the
arm of the body, apply a thick piece
of paper with a hole in it an inch in
diameter on the arm and wet apiece
and cover over it, and a hot amoLhing
iron over it. 1 he heat of the iron
will raise a blister. If the blistcrcon-*
tains sernin of water, it shows still a
circulation vointj 0,1 ' n system, if
nothing but ait, death. I hia is *
sure lest. Another test min
wHiiiiTm^fnch ^ "fin*
of 1 ho endUic
jp t p ere j s jjf e tj,* ent | G f thefia<
ger will show blood in it.
W A. M aides*»n lias cook stoves
by the car load, finest quality for
sale at special reduced prices.
I Pay your buuacnptioa.