1826

"Pocahontas. From Darby's 14th Lecture, extracted from the Philadelphia Democratic Press." [Lexington] Western Luminary 2.37 (March 22, 1826): 585-87. Pocahontas's life from her abduction on; some quotes from Burk. Her marriage "contributed but little to her own earthly felicity," and in England she met with some kindness, but "more of idle obtrusive authority." She needed to learn only the ceremonies of Christianity, for "its genuine spirit was infused into her heart from infancy." "Pocahontas's "name is sanctified and incorporated in history; not for acts of splendid eclat. With Joan d'Arc, Isabella, Elizabeth or Catherine II she cannot be compared. Their feat, their fortunes and their characters were unlike. But in deeds of tender heroism, where tears, flowing from the warmest sensibility; where supplications, and soul-subduing expressions of mercy, which no man could ever withstand, and in contests where all the most delicate attentions of female kindness were the weapons, Pocahontas was a heroine who stands without a rival." See Darby entry below.
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