Image: A history of Virginia for boys and girls (1920) (14596806478)

Description: Identifier: historyofvirgini00wa (find matches) Title: A history of Virginia for boys and girls Year: 1920 (1920s) Authors: Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962 Subjects: Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ^ ? Text Appearing After Image: two PICTURES OF A PAMUNKEY INDIAN GIRL, NOW LIVING IN VIRGINIA. SHEIS THE chiefs DAUGHTER, AND SHE HAS A SISTER POCAHONTAS A few still survive. Among the many tribesthat the white men found here were the Pamun-keys. The Pamunkey River is a tributary of theYork. Powhatan, it is said, was of the Pamun- POCAHONTAS AND HER PEOPLE 3S key tribe. A small number, a hundred or more,of the Pamunkeys still remain. They live on areservation of 800 acres of land at Lester Manor,between Richmond and West Point. They liveand dress now much like other Virginians. Theyhave a school and a church of their own. Theyhave their farms, gardens, and orchards ; but theystill do a good deal of hunting and fishing. Theystill have their own chief; and one of the chiefsdaughters has been kind enough to allow herpicture to be made for this book. She has a sisterPocahontas. The Pamunkeys pay no regular taxes to thestate, but for many years it has been the customof their chief to carry a basket of fish or gameto Ric Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: A history of Virginia for boys and girls (1920) (14596806478)
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