Show r LIFE tIFE HISTORY I OF POCAHONTAS AS Coming Exposition Arouses New Interest in Story of Indian Princess i WILL HONOR HER MEMORY t t Day to He lie Set Aside at nt n nt FIrt t Families Boast Boa Blood of Beauty The Interest aroused 1 by h the Ih preparations prepa I rations for fOl the Jamestown Exposition In the colonial history of or Virginia lnla and the suggestion that has hns been made b by bythe the recently organized Pocahontas so society society so- so clet that a cia day be set apart during C th the Exposition as Pocahontas dl day give gl Pi particular timeliness to the delightfully delight delight- fully written monograph on Pocahontas Pocahontas Poca I hontas and other Colonial Dames Dame of Virginia recently prepared by Robert Roberl i S. S Bright the well known at attorney law of or and read rood before beCore the Seneca the Chapter pf of Daughters of or the American Revolution ne at Geneva N. N Y V. While the paper deals especially especial especial- ly Iy with the ever e fascinating idyl of the colonial l dame of the Indian race the daughter of the Indian ruler roller on the James It gives charming glimpses Into the lives of some of the colonIal colonial colon colon- ial ml dames dame of the English of English of Ellinor the daughter of Governor Go White of Island and of his little i granddaughter Virginia Dare the first English child born in America of or orlIss Miss lIss Harwell who camu caine near to breakIng break break- Ing lug the heart of Francis Nicholson Icholson when she refused his hand of oC Catherine Catherinc Cather Cather- ine inc Willis Is the wife wire of or Achille Murat who had the thc unique distinction of being be be- lug ing the niece of or both Washington and Napoleon and of or Mary Ball mother nothel motherS S of or Washington The Tue daughter of or Emperor Powhatan bat Po S 'S an an of or what is now Virginia tas who ho was destined to save the nucleus of or the greatest republic on onearth onearth earth cart was a royal princess s Mr Bright writes No o tablets and tombs attest st the deeds and greatness of her herline herline line Pocahontas Amonate and for tor she had three thre names was born at the capital capital capi capi- tal tat of her fathers father's empire probably in 1595 married John Rolfe one of oC the first OMit Virginia settlers and an En Engish Eng Eng- ish gentleman In April 1613 and died in March l 1617 leavIng leaving leav leav- ing one oue M son on II The known facts of or her life Ufe are few CW c but the s scant ant frame holds hoMs a picture of rare Iare beauty It The Tue Capture of Smith After speaking of the spirit of darIng daring dar day ing big and adventure th that at were wIe characteristic charac terl tlc of or the times and of or Capt John Smiths Smith's which led leel eventually C to Virginia Mr Mi Bright tells lie tory story of the Captains Captain's capture b by of or Indians and und his hIs' being car car- rIed r before the Emperor t J a n a tall gaunt old wl h a. a sou snug look whoso whose nCI fiery spirit vas was un duet due by the menace o of years caaS an and whose idea of oC justice wa was condemnation condemnation tion fir n first t l and trial aft afterwards And here the thc civilized cd world first t met mel Poca Poca- hontas who when Smith about to tobe tobo bo ho brained had his head beau forced down clown upon two stones ran In tears and took It In her hea arms laying her hex own upon his Ills to save him from rom death The tears of his favorite child softened the heart of the emperor and he lie relented In Instead Instead Instead In- In stead of or death the chevalier of tho the spacious times of great Elizabeth Elizabcth was condemned to make beils beads head and copper for the tender-hearted tender Indian 1111 princess ri nee It S To make the picture more complete the thu writer gives this sketch of the Indian In dian dlan princess as drawn h by Eslen Esten Cooke the Virginian historian Her dress was a robe of doeskin lined with down from the breast of the wood pigeon and she wore coral on wrist t and ankles and a white plume plunie In her hair hah the badge of royal roal blood It must have been a aca avery avery ca very Interesting woodland picture picture- the soldier with tanned face and sweeping 2 mustache shaping trinkets for foa or the tho small slip of ur Virginia royalty In lid her hel plumes plum and bracelets Smith spent the lust last half of December De Do- comber cember 1607 with on un the York Voil river continues Mr 11 Bright and we cnn can now picture the tho hard hardy hartly S campaigner of or the Turkish wars try trying tr ing lug to teach the innocent little maiden maid maid- en of tho the wl wigwam something thin of oC the Child of the thc Manger anger telling her that Palestine was far from Vir VIa ginia the star oC ot Bethlehem shone on both Pocahonta to tu the Hc lIe ue After AHel Smiths Smith's return to Jamestown and when hen the colonists ts were wele suffering from lack of food relief camo caine from t Indians themselves and at th the head of or the wild willi train was tas whose hose kind heart had prompted her to succor the perishing colony colon The colonists were much touched by th this Is gracious act act the thc eh chronicler re relates relates re- re lates and years cars afterwards in re recommending Ie commending her to the favor of the Queen Smith wrote During the time of Jf If two or three years ears she he hc next under God was wag still the Instrument to preserve pre pro serve selve this colony colon from death famine and utter confusion which if Ie in those thoMe days dag had bail once been een dissolved Virginia might have lain as it was at our first arrival to this day Then Theto the story of or the Indians' Indians treachery h Is told and of oC Pocahontas Pocahontas' warning of impending danger saving sa d the from rom rein massacre at the tho hands of the tho would would-bo assassins S J Smiths Smith's recall to England followed t soon toon on afterward 11 it Is shown how Pocahontas Pocahontas' Pocahontas Pocahontas' Po po- visits to Jamestown were discontinued und and how s she he dill did not return roS ro'S ro- ro S 'S turn there until can cati led prisoner as asa asa asit a it for foa the good behavior of or i her father S. S She arrived at Jamestown in the full fail of or 1612 In tf tours tears Ul J but bul thc they were r i s boon on followed by hy I smiles mlles tho the stoa story k oes Master laster Hole a young colonS colon- colon S f f. f i let hIt t of or good behavior was vas soon oon look look- j lug Ing with melting eyes on the little littie 5 woodland beauty who iio coyly shot back vu u a glance of notice now HOW and then The i. i autumn In scarlet and purple gathered l new cw warmth for Cor the winter siege from the two hearts that roamed together In the Red fled Deeps Deeps' about Jamestown and the tho little chrysalis II of love lo was nurtured behind tho the palisades tenderly of r the he old capita capital until spring with wilh its us birds and blossoms mM brought ht It to perfect flower At Ii Rolfe nou won her cart so the old English clergyman at Jamestown won wot her soul ul and reS re- re S the few pomps and vanities O i the tho wicked world that had hadS had'S S 'S knon she was was as Cht Rebecca L possibly after Rebekah of ot Genesis solemnized In The marriage was April 1613 In the thoi church at James town The old emperor gave his consent con con- sent and though he would not attend the the- w t b r he E sent nt the brides bride's 3 uce and aDd nd t two tHo o broth brothers I to represent him i I The Tl ei apostle of or if Virginia lnla the devout li U I performed thc the ceremony The Thc scene Is picturesque que and new to the worlds world's eyes Th Tho small church chulch Is IR decorated with arbutus dogwood wood blossoms and springs spring's first flowers Tim Tho little s princess tremblingly stands h by the side of or her big English lov lover r on left t the e colonists from fa tar far I and near stand st. hushed and ex expectant ex- ex In best bib and tucker on her right the thc delegation delet from her fathers father's court In plume and nj feather headed h by ly her Uncle who Clad from hc head d to foot In wampum Armed with all his warlike weapons Painted like the gk sky of oC morning Streaked with crimson blue and yelI yel yel- ellow el low I ow Crested with great cagl feathers feather Streaming upward streaming outward out out- ward stands like an antl red stag wild and atten attentive t I e nyc T Race Race- Joined The da day Is warm the windows of the lie church are arc open and the balmy breeze from Crom the James nervously stirs plume and aid blossom Just enough to give 3 sOme me movement l to the picture of or color and a 1111 beauty The voice olee of the theold theold old divine as J he Invokes Gods God's blessing blessing bless bless- In ing on tho the union lingers with the assembly gembl and the tho Indian maiden on the arm of or her l English lord gracefully withdraws The wedding wedding wed wed- ding s guests ests follow to to the church green where among the violets and buttercups a a. t feast Is spread and the gay n assemblage In mirth and jollity enjoy the beauty of or the scene until dispersed b by a violent thunder storm harbinger of the stormy scenes that were to rend further apart the two races aces which this union sought to bring to together ether The rest of the tho well-known well story of the life of the in this country for or the next tree years of oC their visit to England and of oC their thell reception at court and the immediate popularity of the lie Lady Rebecca and of oC her death when hen but scarcely 22 2 as ns she was wn on the he eve e of or returning to her own countI country coun- coun tI try 13 is told with genuine sympathy Buried In Sn the parish church at which was afterwards after burnt her grave rave today Is unmarked and unknown She left one son tho the writer THer continues Thomas Rolfe who was' was educated In London married a ayoun ayoung young oung English lady and removed to Virginia ho he became a gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man maio of note not and fortune command command- Ing ng as ns Role Some of or Virginias Virginia's Vir Vir- ginia's most respectable families arc are descended from flom him John Randolph of or proud of or the fact that he came of oC a race that never forgot Fort James on the river or forgave an Injury was sixth in descent descent de de- de- de scent ent from Pocahontas Pocahonta through Jane Jano noire her granddaughter S Cleaning I of the Pocahontas meaning in the Indian tongue Bright Stream between Two Hills was a name uniquely appropriate ate for the tho gracious little woodland princess who held the scales between the bold resourceful soldier of or the Elizabethan age keen of his country's coun coun- try's advancement ad and the craft crafty dignified dignified dig dig- filled Indian India ruler of or the Virginia woods bent beut upon his country's tion They in their way inspire us with admiration she sho Inspires us us' with loveA love Jove A child of nature wild and untrained un tin- trained as the vines over o 11 her a fathers father's sylvan court the birds and flowers lowers le her friends and companions but hut butIn butin In III lI her lioi l' l heart was a kindness and sympathy sym sym- pathy unknown n and unfelt 1 by many mallY manyu u it royal princess surrounded by ly tho ho re 10 refinement ro- ro f und Influences ot of an art emperors emperor's nl Baltimore A American merican S |