. Appletons Zyklopädie der amerikanischen Biographie. A; bei ihrer Taufe wurde sie Rebecca getauft. Im Jahr 1616, Ende April, verabschiedeten sich John Rolfe und Mr. John Rolfe von der Kolonie, und unter der Obhut des Gouverneurs, Sir Thomas Dale, in einer Gesellschaft mit mehreren indischen Männern und Frauen nach England. Bei ihrer Ankunft, am 12. Juni, wurde die Lady Rebecca, wie sie genannt wurde, vom Bischof von London unterhalten, von Sir Walter Ra-leigh besucht und von Lady De la Warr, als eine indische Prinzessin, am Hof von König James präsentiert. Shewas freundlich empfangen und königlich unterhalten :aber seine Majestät fand große fa

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. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . a; at her baptism she was christenedRebecca. In 1616, at the end of April, Mr. and Mrs.John Rolfe bade farewell to the colony, and, underthe care of the governor, Sir Thomas Dale, in com-pany with several Indian men and women, sailedfor England. On their arrival, on 12 June, the Lady Rebecca, as she was called, was entertainedby the bishop of London, visited by Sir Walter Ra-leigh, and presented by Lady De la Warr, as anIndian princess, at the court of King James. Shewas graciously received and royally entertained :but his majesty found great fault with his subject, Rolfe, for venturing to marry the daughter of anemperor before obtaining the royal consent. The Lady Rebecca appeared at the London theatresand other public places, and was an object of muchinterest with the people. La Belle Sauvage be-came a favorite name for taverns. On the eve ofher return to this country she was suddenly at-tacked by small-pox, and died. Her remains wereburied in Gravesend. The church register describes. her erroneously as the wife of Thomas Rolfe.She had never learned to write. Among the manymemorials of Pocahontas is a stained-glass windowplaced by her descendants in St. Lukes Episcopalchurch, Smithfield, Va., represented inthe accompanyingillustration. It isthe oldest Protest-ant edifice on thiscontinent, havingbeen built of im-ported brick in1632. Since thedest ruction of thecathedral at St.Augustine, Fla., itis, with the excep-tion of the adobecathedral at SantaFe, the most an-cient Christianmonument in thiscountry. John Rolfe, her husband, had been advanced to the officeof secretary and recorder-general of Virginia, andas such returned to the colony. Pocahontas hadone son, Thomas, born in England, who was edu-cated by his uncle, Henry, a London merchant.On attaining manhood, he followed his father toVirginia, as a tobacco-planter, and became opulentand distinguished. He left an only daughter, from whom sprang the Virginian families

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