1832

Thatcher, B. B. Indian Biography. Vol. 1. New York, 1832. 9-24, 40-47, 66-76. Similar in goal to Drake (see above this year) -- memorializing the fading Indian cultures. Expansive account of early Virginia history drawn from Smith, Stith, Hamor, Burk. Perhaps paraphrasing Burk, Thatcher bestows lavish praise on Pocahontas: "For those qualities more especially which do honor to our nature -- a human and feeling heart, an ardor and unshaken constancy on her attachments -- she stands almost without a rival. She gave evidence, indeed, of possessing in a high degree every attribute of mind and heart, which should be and has been the ornament and pride of civilized woman in all countries and times. . . . She asked nothing of Smith in recompense for whatever she had done, but the boon of being looked upon as his child. . . . Her dignity, her energy, her independence, and the dauntless courage which never deserted her for a moment, were worthy of Powhatan's daughter."
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