tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post5495391561182568684..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: The true story of Pocahontas - in Virginia and in EnglandHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36722826511167246172018-01-18T13:44:38.059+11:002018-01-18T13:44:38.059+11:00Andrew
I think the English did not plan to steal,...Andrew<br /><br />I think the English did not plan to steal, rape and kill. But they wanted the Virginian land, animals and tobacco curing skills. Of course the Powhatans wanted their own land and industries. So even when Wahunsenaca offered Smith a position of leadership and good land, it was too little, too late.<br /><br />Colonisers with any human sensitivity had to avert their eyes in every place they took over, including British India, Belgian Congo and French Haiti.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-20789675691884802122018-01-18T11:50:14.728+11:002018-01-18T11:50:14.728+11:00It is a very sad story and I wonder what the colon...It is a very sad story and I wonder what the colonists thought at the time. Did they think it was wrong but did nothing? As you would agree, it is very bad to avert your eyes when a terrible wrong is being done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-83975591881940779872018-01-17T09:30:47.225+11:002018-01-17T09:30:47.225+11:00bazza
You should take interested people to Graves...bazza<br /><br />You should take interested people to Gravesend to see Pocahontas’ final resting place. Stained glass windows were donated to St George's Church in 1914 by the Society of Colonial Dames of America. And more recently a group from Virginia presented the town with a bronze statue of the princess, which was placed in St George’s Church cemetery in 2010.<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-80394126979315028332018-01-17T09:20:43.056+11:002018-01-17T09:20:43.056+11:00Mike
another tricky history to pursue. As far as ...Mike<br /><br />another tricky history to pursue. As far as I can tell, when Pocahontas died and John Rolfe went back to Virginia in 1617, young Thomas Rolfe was left in the care of his paternal uncle in London. In 1646 Lieutenant Thomas Rolfe was granted Fort Chickahominy and 600 acres adjoining on condition of keeping a guard there. Between that date and 1663 he patented a number of other tracts of land, married and had a child.<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62297007815755163432018-01-17T09:09:11.336+11:002018-01-17T09:09:11.336+11:00Spode
I can only think of two reasons. In his wri...Spode<br /><br />I can only think of two reasons. In his writing Captain John Smith said the very young Pocahontas saved him from her father the tribal chief, twice. Secondly her successful mediation between the Powhatan Indians and the English improved relations and modified English imperial propaganda.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-87089788710477236712018-01-17T08:57:17.442+11:002018-01-17T08:57:17.442+11:00Parnassus
Agreed. It is difficult for us to verif...Parnassus<br /><br />Agreed. It is difficult for us to verify any "facts" from this distance, but how much more so when the history was (largely) written by the victors. Although royal, church and military chronicles include mistakes, intentional or otherwise, the histories of women, colonised people, non-whites, the working class, non-Christians are likely to be even more untrustworthy. And how much more problematic is it for bloggers when we are totally dependent on secondary sources?<br /><br />I think the best a blogger can do is read widely on a particular historical event/person and try to explore a more complete range of possibilities.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67186157228543463142018-01-17T08:45:21.581+11:002018-01-17T08:45:21.581+11:00Joseph
When her mother died giving birth to Pocah...Joseph<br /><br />When her mother died giving birth to Pocahontas, you know that the young girl's life was not going to be easy. But when the tribal chiefs of the Powhatan failed to protect the young teenager even once, you know her story was going to end in tragedy. To me the saddest part was the murder of her first husband (Kocoum), and the loss of her first son (also Kocoum), when she was only 14 !!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-85419110162574437832018-01-17T08:37:23.152+11:002018-01-17T08:37:23.152+11:00The popular image of Pocahontas is a romantic one....The popular image of Pocahontas is a romantic one. When I have told people that she is buried at Gravesend they often don't believe it!<br />Her story is truly tragic and your background details makes it even more desperate.<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s risible Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-22970862264975908602018-01-16T23:36:33.408+11:002018-01-16T23:36:33.408+11:00Interesting - a brutal and tragic tale. I wonder w...Interesting - a brutal and tragic tale. I wonder what happened to her son, Thomas.Mike@Bit About Britainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741370413282813229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-53919606584342935332018-01-16T23:23:36.884+11:002018-01-16T23:23:36.884+11:00Helen, why do you think Pocahontas was so famous, ...Helen, why do you think Pocahontas was so famous, apart from Disney that is.Spodenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68849352057242989742018-01-16T20:07:21.420+11:002018-01-16T20:07:21.420+11:00Hello Hels, Pocahontas is unique in that we have s...Hello Hels, Pocahontas is unique in that we have so much information about her life. It is a shame that she was made a pawn in the politics of her situation. Considering that it is difficult to establish even one fact from centuries ago, and adding researcher bias, it is possible that Pocahontas the victim is as uncertain as Pocahontas the heroine. It is a shame that she died at such a young and critical moment in her "multicultural" life--I'm sure that she would have had a major impact on Colonial developments and perceptions. <br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-83818425321686422312018-01-16T19:55:15.349+11:002018-01-16T19:55:15.349+11:00No parents, two husbands, two sons and dead by 20 ...No parents, two husbands, two sons and dead by 20 :( Tragic.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701188167981018244noreply@blogger.com