1825

Halkett, John. Historical Notes Respecting the Indians of North America. London, 1825. 98-118. Scotsman Halkett, one of whose official posts was governor of the Bahamas, traveled in America in the early 1820s, and this book recommended a more sympathetic policy toward the Indians. The story of Pocahontas (drawn from Smith, Purchas, and Stith as the notes show) dominates his chapter on "Friendly Conduct of the North American Indians towards the Early European Settlers" and ends with an appreciative nod to Virginia statesman John Randolph, who "perhaps esteems himself in nothing more fortunate than that there flows in his veins the blood of Pocahontas."
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