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Show TUG rOCA110NTASTVI,H TPUS VCflSION OP'THE AMEWCAri HISTORICAL LEGEND. rehntt Dlit Nat ftata John Umlth'a lit, bnt lr.tari!Ml In lldiair of On f liar l-..aia, Witt Ha llmitttad t 111 ad tllitni ( IH1 tlA Kmttf. Mlt Is tMnit an I tncomjtrthtnibl, rfTtrtlicItw a fU Ihftt raconteurs, from tho time it tUu first liar uown to ttrt jm-wnt ug9 of Hnlliatton ami Mun-chauwis. Mun-chauwis. with ft vronlrfnl utnLtmllf' f-mltt la rAMUjIns aikI twisting tin tmth Into autihrtccpilubla quantity ,p uld Colonel Uforgv a hi gated at tho wondrous lAn.aca,-j Ration, ml call jr coin-lndniottsw coin-lndniottsw V were "i-tellnu erer tb bcantlful t grrn watni of tho Cbf trAko biy iti tho f trainer Ariel from Korfoiv to i Hlclimond 1 ina.lfl the acYimlntnnce on toanlof tlieeeutltmnn whoRAro utter adco to tli nhoTti tHKo rrnmrtc Wlian tho colore! spoke U.o tout was on tht v of tOMlin historical Jamestown, aiil ttid tavt)ger li.l jrrutiptM U.emm.Tes totttieroti .lioleoiMf to catch a fluting flut-ing Kiitnra cf tho Uy claJ hunt wall of the old chnrch. lUnJItig wntln. llko on h prnlnriln forftir.1 point of Und. Asws) rounded the wllo Und of tlit rirer, ami the curnrh, I lie aole remain Itiff rrlld standing lq the scrnoot tbo rvuiMDC cf Captain Mnltb an 1 Pocfthoo 1m, hore into viuvr, the colonel rwtnrwd Mi con venation, or rathi r inoLclosnet M Yon into I have notlctit In your lifetime life-time how ailorjr will gmwAi It Is ro-ptittd ro-ptittd from lip to lip how the tmth, bow-tries dMturt! on J subjected to In iimnnabto alteration of fact In Illustration Illus-tration cf t1i(s,"std thocolonel thoasht fnlly, 'M will relate you tin Indian lK?n 1 rfttUrd to my tain I bjr tint ol 1 ruin," Minting to tho clmrch waII which the Unit wu Just then K.ldinfC by, "Tho story, as 1 hoard It, was told mo by an olJ farmer, well known lit tho nclirhbor hood, on my last trip up tlu James liver, just Ufoiv tho war." I-OCJUIOYTAS' I tXL .NAME. Jamestown vanishing from eight, tho colonel anl I return! to the cahln, sought seats away from tho crowd of jwwnifrt and 1 tattled mysvlf comfort utly to listen to tho tato. Vhen Captain John Binlth tovlo tho first settlement la Virginia, the wMto wu! red man Hud ou terms of amity itu t coullJence," U-tfnn Colonel Ucorj?. Caucasian and Indian mingled with each other and wiro he! 1 In inula U esteem. es-teem. Until the oat cropping of tho pn-cdlnew anl avartctonsi.rM of tho JjiRllshme n lfcam apparent, pcaeo and ropurlty mllod on tho bar ly Mttlera. "In tho vlllajo rnlml ly Towhalan thero dnelt a lovtly Indian matdtn. Her eklnxsthe color cf poIUhM cop;wr, htrhMrof raven's hue mil her ryt-a rtrkled astho morultiifstar veiled Lo-lilnd Lo-lilnd a leathering stnrm clond. Warriors from far and noar sought her hind In lnarrtage, bnt her heart rcmalnl Inrul nernble to all vowa of love and dorotlon. However, when tho white man Invaded the habitations of tho Indians, among thflr iinmber was n yonth comely to look cpon, famed for his cotlrage and manly fjtialitte. Tetcheo, tn tho course 1 1 lifr many tIMla to tho newly founded villa; on tho James Itrcr, cast her eyfe en hanlsome Homer Coital wain, and, lot the little Indian god of toroplcn her bc4rt with hu nrrow, nu 1 alio loud him wltli all au Indian maiden's fierce-Uee. fierce-Uee. , 'Now, Chief Opcchancinough, one of row hn tin's tributary rulera, liad a sou who was tuadty In loro with Tctebeo, the Morning htnr Umli-o ( lilac k Hear) vrni A cruul mid Tlndlctlvo Indian, and when he learned that Tetehoe'e heart belonged be-longed toudfir(edhJtotuau liesworo ventteance u(Hn his tom&linwk against Uoutcr Casta! wain. TULTiaa rnsioY. la the soft Indian summer, with rature aglow with vartegatol colors, TdUIim, lu company with the othtr laalJtns and aiuaHs cf the village, wm gathering tho golden ripe malxo for m tutor tu-tor mo from the fields of tho king. While the maldcus were at work DanLi-o iitdcd tho comtlelds of tho poirful Towhatan, carr)iug off to Ms ownvll-lige ownvll-lige the object of his tAvage afTections. lie meant to coerce Te tehee Into marriage mar-riage while In his power, rata a war jiarty, attack tho settlement of the while lutn and citeruitnito tL "Castalwnln, upou hearinR of ths threaUnM danger of his lively Indhn bride-to-be, sccompuilwl by Captain John Hwlth, suppllcatM Klug Vov, iutau for al 1 to rescue her, Thl was granted, bo, with a ar lrty composeil of Indian, aud stttU-rs, under the leadership of Kmltli, Oitechancanoagh's village wai forprlscdln tho midst of his ton' wedding wed-ding fektlYltw-i, Tt-tehie rescued mid Jlnnkee cnp;uud and carried boforo Klug i) halan "Then ft waithathlsfatowas decreed dwitli hy Itelieallug,') to rw&k Al ihuikeeahftdl'iy on tho stone, a hugs Indian standing over him, Pocahontas ruihed httwtu the urntw"d club an 1 liroktrate man and h gacil htr father, the ling, fur hia life not from Ion, however, how-ever, hut simply thrungh j tty au I weak hcu of heart. MlilsU thotmeicnlonof thevtorll wide famous legend of Captain Hnilih 6lJ PociihontAJ, uhLh I-ocU oul historians his-torians lue haudod don forgt-nera-tioiis. It tsn aample of wliat a truth nndiTgoce how Ulsgaiblud us relate! oy ono ami anoiiirr in mo course oi nar-rttlon. nar-rttlon. The accuracy of the tory Is undoubted un-doubted in my !nd, iisUUa well an-lucntluitod an-lucntluitod lactmthe nilghuorhood in lt, the old fanner Uvea, that hols the last living descriidaut of Jtoiner Cos-Ul Cos-Ul wain unl 1'uteh, tho Indian iiuld en." AU intu Constitution |