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
- "While within its bright'ning dimness,
With the misty halo 'round her,
Stood a beautiful white maiden" [Frontispiece] - A Scuppernong Vineyard, Roanoak Island [x]
- Old "Mother" Scuppernong Vine [xii]
- Among the Scuppernongs.—A Modern Vineyard [xiv]
- A "Virginia Dare" Vineyard [xvi]
- The Arrival of the Englishmen in Virginia [23]
- "The Fierce, Brawny Red Man is King of the Wold" [24]
- The Land-of-Wind-and-Water [32]
- Man-te-o, a Chiefe Lorde of Roanoak [34]
- "Then a New Canoe he fashioned" [52]
- The Magician of Po-mou-ik [58]
- Frontispiece from an original drawing by May Louise Barrett.
- Maps and remaining illustrations reproduced from Theodore de Bry's edition of "The True Pictures and Fashions of the People in that Parte of America now called Virginia," 1590.
- Frontispiece from an original drawing by May Louise Barrett.