. Ticonderoga: past and present. "Mixed." A companion to "Lake George, illustrated." . ter, if as good as at present, he returned toFrance, naming the place Mount Royal — nowMontreal. In 1607 the first permanent English settlementon the new continent Avas commenced, theoriginal and only true John Smith assisting, and itwas called Jamestown. Smith, w-ho seems to havebeen quite a tourist in his day, and given tow^andering about making discoveries, had, on oneof his excursions, a little misunderstanding with aw^ealthy native land-owner, named Pow^hattan. , being endowed with a large heart an
. Ticonderoga: past and present. "Mixed." A companion to "Lake George, illustrated." . ter, if as good as at present, he returned toFrance, naming the place Mount Royal — nowMontreal. In 1607 the first permanent English settlementon the new continent Avas commenced, theoriginal and only true John Smith assisting, and itwas called Jamestown. Smith, w-ho seems to havebeen quite a tourist in his day, and given tow^andering about making discoveries, had, on oneof his excursions, a little misunderstanding with aw^ealthy native land-owner, named Pow^hattan. , being endowed with a large heart and veryliberal ideas, and thinking to settle the difficulty inthe easiest manner possible, at the same time dis-seminating knowledge by scattering said Smithswell-stored brains, had him placed in the positionbest adapted to the satisfactory accomplishment ofthe same. i\t this very interesting juncture, hisdaughter, the 3outhful Pocahontas, cast an implor- The Pocahoxtas-Smith Affair. 27 ing look on her father and her protecting form onSmith. The old gentleman was touched, and con-. sented to forego his little joke to please the fairgirl, who had but just made her debut. Smith re-turned to his home, since which time every bodyhas been naming their children after him as a pro-tection against Indians. Pocahontas ought to havemarried him to make the romance complete, butshe did not. wShe became the wife of an Englishgentleman, and, under that severe affliction, joinedthe church, taking the name of Rebecca. Herdescendants are now found among the F. F. December 21, 1620, the pilgrims were discoveredsitting on Plvmouth Rock, apparcntlv lost. Winter,which, in that lavored localitv, commences on thehrst of August and continues until the latter partof July, had fairly set in, and the lock was verycold; so they g(3t down and skirniislied around forsomething to cat. Luckily they found a (juantitvof corn, wliicli l^ioyidence, assisted by some of the 28 TiCOXDEROGA. natives, had concea
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