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• On Feb, 19,1473, Nicolaus
Copernicus is born in Tomn,
Poland, on the Vistula River.
Revered as the father of
modem astronomy, Coper-
nicus was the first Euro-
pean scientist to propose
that Earth and other planets
revolve around the sun.
• On Feb. 22, 1819, Spanish
minister Do Luis de Onis
and U.S. Secretary of State
John Quincy Adams sign the
Florida Purchase Treaty, in
which Spain agrees to cede
the remainder of its old
province of Florida to the
United States. The Treaty
put Florida into U.S. hands
at no cost beyond the U.S.
assumption of $5 million
in claims by U.S. citizens
against Spain.
France and Yugoslavia in
retaliation for their continu-
ing trade with communist
Cuba. The action was chiefly
symbolic, but represented
the continued U.S. effort
to destabilize the Cuban
regime of Fidel Castro.
• On Feb. 20, 1974, Reg
Murphy, an editor of The
Atlanta Constitution, is kid-
napped. Kidnapper William
Williams drove Murphy
around the city, stopping to
phone in ransom demands
to the newspaper. Manag-
ing editor G. James Minter
delivered the money to Wil-
liams, and Murphy was
released. After being caught,
Williams was sentenced to
40 years for kidnapping and
extortion.
• On Feb. 21, 1926, glamor-
ous Swedish actress Greta
Garbo makes her U.S. screen
debut in "The Torrent."
Unlike many of her contem-
poraries, the Nordic beauty
successfully made the transi-
tion to Sound after becoming
a star during the silent film
era. i
• On Feb. 18, 1964, the
United States cuts off mil-
itary assistance to Britain,
• On Feb. 16, 1984, Bill
Johnson becomes the first
American man to win an
Olympic gold medal in
downhill skiing, a sport long
dominated by European
athletes. Johnso n quickly
became a national hero,
though his fame was short-
lived and he never again
competed in the Olympics.
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The Powhatan Confed-
eracy of Indian tribes was
located in Virginia when
the English colonists estab-
lished Jamestown in 1607.
The name Powhatan was
applied to the man Chief
Powhatan, and his favorite
village, and to his tribe
which headed the Confed-
eracy.
Chief Powhatan had a
native Indian name, but
he was called Powhatan
because of his village and
his tribe. His administrative
ability and his power built
the Confederacy from four
tribes to 30 tribes which
numbered 9,000 people.
The Confederacy was actu-
ally an empire.
The Indians helped the
colonists, sometimes freely
and sometimes reluctantly.
They taught the colonists
about the country and sol
them corn and other food
products.
In one of his books,
Captain John Smith of
Jamestown, describes Chief
Powhatan as tall, stalwart,
strong d resolute, dressed
in a coonskin robe. Some-
times he was friendly to the
colonists, and other times
unfriendly.
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information of history about
the Confederacy 100 years
after Chief Powhatan in
the 1700's, It is assumed
that the Confederacy was
broken up during that time.
Then around the 1950's,
in more recent times, a
revived confederacy was
formed by several hundred
Indians in Virginia and
Delaware. They traced their
origin back to the Powhatan
Confederacy. Possibly
this revised confederacy
included some of the fami-
lies which claim Pocahontas
as one of their ancestors.
Pocahontas was Chief
Powhatan's daughter. The
name Pocahontas means
"playful one."
Pocahontas apparently had
a liking for Englishmen.
She worked for friendly
relations between Indians
and colonists.
Late in 1607, Captain John
Smith was captured by the
Indians and taken to Chief
Powhatan. According to
Captain Smith's writings,
the chief was preparing
to have Smith executed,
but Pocahontas (at age 12)
appealed to her father to
save Smith's life: Smith
was sent back to James-
town. Pocahontas remained
his friend.
In 1614, Pocahontas
married another colonist,
John Rolfe. The marriage
brought about a few years
of peace between the Indi-
ans and colonists.
Pocahontas went with
her husband, John Rolfe,
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to London in 1616, to help
raise funds for the colonists
in Virginia. The English
people in London regarded
her as a princess, which
she was.
Unfortunately, in 1617,
while waiting to return
to Virginia, she died of
smallpox at age 22. Their
son, Thomas Rolfe, wa§
educated in England and
later went to Virginia, and
became an important se(-
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tier.
Several noted Virginia
families claim to be descen-
dants of Thomas Rolfe.
There are some families
around Perkins who had
ancestors who lives in Vir-
ginia. Even my family
Wall had ancestors from
there. Maybe some of us
are descendants of Chief
Powhatan and his daughter
Pocahontas.
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