POCAHONTAS.
WHERE !S THE SKELETON? BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT London, May 3.1. A hundred human skeletons were unearthed in St. George's church yard, Gravesend, during a search tor the Indian Princess Pocahontas, who saved the life of Captain John Smith in Virginia in KiOS. She placed her own head on the block, whereon Smith, her lover, was about to he executed. The Indians were so touched that they spared both. Tho Princess came lo England as tho guest of ,'Jamcs L The hones will he taken lo America, where a worthy mausoleum has been prepared. Sir Arthur Keith and oilier authorities assisted in the .search. As there was a lire in the church in 1727, and ilie bodies were removed to common graves, (lie gravediggers today brought up bucket alter bucket of bones.
Experts are confident llial they will be able to idenif.v Iho peculiarly shaped Indian head. The skulls were put into one heap and the thighbones into another. All uere carefully measured,.
The' descendants of Princess Pocahontas, in America and England, are h devesting themselves in the search, including the present wife of Or. ‘Woodrow Wilson, and General Sir Robert Uadon-Powoll. who have- I oeahontns blood in their veins.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 2 June 1923, Page 9
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201POCAHONTAS. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 2 June 1923, Page 9
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