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Pokahuntas Bell
Named for the Indian chief's daughter Pocahontas, the Pokahuntas Bell was created in 1907 to hang in the ''Kentucky Building,'' a recreation of Fort Boonesborough State Park, Fort Boonesborough, at the Jamestown Exposition. The push to create the bell was led by the ''Pocahontas Bell Association'', created by Anna S. Green of Culpeper, Virginia. The author Livia Simpson Poffenbarger, Livia Nye Simpson Poffenbarger was a lifetime member of the group. Crafted in the McShane Foundry in Baltimore, Maryland, it contained a melted-down spur from Confederate Major John Pelham (officer), John Pelham, a bracelet from Chief Pugallop, an armour plate from the CSS Virginia, CSS ''Virginia'' warship and nails from Libby prison. Edith Wilson, the future First Lady of the United States, gave a key to her New Jersey home to include in the cast. The plating had been donated by the United States Navy, in a joint resolution. Scheduled for presentation for May 18, the bell was formally presented on J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocahontas
Pocahontas (, ; born Amonute, known as Matoaka, 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman, belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribes in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia. Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by English colonists during hostilities in 1613. During her captivity, she was encouraged to convert to Christianity and was baptized under the name Rebecca. She married tobacco planter John Rolfe in April 1614 at the age of about 17 or 18, and she bore their son Thomas Rolfe in January 1615. In 1616, the Rolfes travelled to London where Pocahontas was presented to English society as an example of the "civilized savage" in hopes of stimulating investment in the Jamestown settlement. On this trip she may have met Squanto, a "Patuxet Native American" from New Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
