was
or was not of that number, but the full tradition of her life among the
Indians is embodied in the legend of The White Doe.

Much has been written about the Indian princess Pocahontas, and much
sentiment has clustered around her association with the Jamestown
colony, while few have given thought to the young English girl whose
birth, baptism, and mysterious disappearance link her forever with the
earlier tragedies of the same era of history. It seems a strange
coincidence that the Indian maiden Pocahontas, friend and companion of
the _White_ Man, having adopted _his_ people as her own, should sleep
in death on English soil, while the English maiden, Virginia Dare,
friend and companion of the _Red_ Man, having adopted his people as
_her_ own, should sleep in death on American soil,--the two maidens
thus exchanging nationality, and linking in life and in death the two
countries whose destinies seem most naturally to intermingle.

The scattered fragments of this legend have been carefully collected
and woven into symmetry for preservation. Notes from authentic sources
have been appended for the benefit of searchers into the historical
basis of the poem, which is offered to the public with the hope that it
may increase interest in the early history of our home land and
strengthen the tie which binds England and the United States.

SALLIE SOUTHALL COTTEN.

CONTENTS

PAGE

FORGOTTEN FACTS AND FANCIES OF AMERICAN HISTORY i

PREFACE 5

PROLOGUE 19

THE SEEDS OF TRUTH 23

THE LEGEND OF THE WHITE DOE

I.--THE REFUGEES 31

II.--THE PALE-FACE MAIDEN 42

III.--SAVAGE SORCERY 46

IV.--THE COUNTER-CHARM 55

V.--THE HUNT 63

VI.--THE SILVER ARROW 72

APPENDIX 81

ILLUSTRATIONS

_1 "While within its bright'ning dimness,
With the misty halo 'round her,
Stood a beautiful white maiden"_ FRONTISPIECE

_2 A Scupp