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This is the Disney Pocahontas dressed like her real counterpart in the painting. In 1613, six yrs after the English first landed in Virginia, a war sprung up between them and the natives living in the area. Pocahontas was captured by the English & held hostage for a year in the settlement of Henricus (which is now Chesterfield county in Virginia). While there, a minister named Alexander Whitaker converted Pocahontas to Christianity, & when she was baptized, she took on the Christian name "Rebecca." It was also at Henricus that she met & later married John Rolfe.
The painting on the right was done in 1840, & shows a romanticized version of Pocahontas' baptism. What the ceremony really looked like is anybody's guess, tho in many sects of Christianity, it was (& still is) tradition for the person being baptized to wear white. The dress I put the Disney Pocahontas in is an imitation of what you see on the right.
The painting on the right was done in 1840, & shows a romanticized version of Pocahontas' baptism. What the ceremony really looked like is anybody's guess, tho in many sects of Christianity, it was (& still is) tradition for the person being baptized to wear white. The dress I put the Disney Pocahontas in is an imitation of what you see on the right.
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Pocahontas actually had another name. The nickname Pocahontas means "spoiled brat". The famous scene where she had her father spare the captain's life, has been misinterpreted. He was undergoing a ceremony where she had the role of deciding whether he was to be made a member of the tribe - or put to death.
The last time she and the captain met, after a disasterous battle in the tribe, she chastised him for not having been around to do anything to prevent or stop the battle.
A descendant of her was John Randolph, a man with a volatile temper.
He got into a fight with a fellow politician at a 18th cent. boarding house. The women withdrew while these two clowns threw the tableware at each other ! A few years later, the same man saw Randolph propose to adjourn a session and the motion was carried. The man said "The puppy still has respect shown to him !" Randolph heard the crack, and yelled "I've a great mind to cane him ! In fact, I WILL !".
He bashed him with his cane in the stairwell, and the assaulted man fought back. Fellow senators rushed forward to separate the combatants. John Randolph was fined for the breach of the peace, the injured man attending the trial. Somebody said "The fine was a fair evaluation of the man's head".
The last time she and the captain met, after a disasterous battle in the tribe, she chastised him for not having been around to do anything to prevent or stop the battle.
A descendant of her was John Randolph, a man with a volatile temper.
He got into a fight with a fellow politician at a 18th cent. boarding house. The women withdrew while these two clowns threw the tableware at each other ! A few years later, the same man saw Randolph propose to adjourn a session and the motion was carried. The man said "The puppy still has respect shown to him !" Randolph heard the crack, and yelled "I've a great mind to cane him ! In fact, I WILL !".
He bashed him with his cane in the stairwell, and the assaulted man fought back. Fellow senators rushed forward to separate the combatants. John Randolph was fined for the breach of the peace, the injured man attending the trial. Somebody said "The fine was a fair evaluation of the man's head".