The White Doe
THE FATE OFVIRGINIA DARE
AN INDIAN LEGEND
BY
SALLIE
SOUTHALL
COTTEN
Printed for the Author
BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA
Copyright, 1901
By Sallie Southall Cotten
All rights reserved
"While within its bright'ning dimness,With the misty halo 'round her,
Stood a beautiful white maiden"Page 70
TO
The National Society
of
Colonial Dames of America
WHOSE PATRIOTIC WORK HAS STIMULATED
RESEARCH INTO AN IMPORTANT AND
INTERESTING PERIOD OF THE HISTORY OF
OUR BELOVED COUNTRY
FORGOTTEN FACTS AND FANCIES
OF AMERICAN HISTORY
AS civilization advances there developsin the heart of man a higherappreciation of the past, and thedeeds of preceding generationscome to be viewed with a calmcriticism which denudes thosedeeds of false splendor and increasesthe lustre of real accomplishment.Man cannot see into the future andacquire the prescience of coming events whichwould make him infallible, but he can remove theveil from the past, contemplate the mistakes andsuccesses of those who have lived before him, andwho struggled with the same problems which nowconfront him. The results of their efforts are recordedin history, and inspired by high ideals he canstudy the past, and by feeding his lamp of wisdomwith the oil of their experiences he secures agreater light to guide his own activities. Manremains a slave to Fate until Knowledge makeshim free, and while all true knowledge comes[Pg ii]from experience, it need not necessarily be personalexperience.
In studying the past, deeds come to be estimatedmore with reference to their ultimate results and asfactors in universal progress, and less as personalefforts; just as more and more the personal mergesinto the universal in all lines of endeavor. Viewedin this light of ultimate results an imperishable andincreased lustre envelops the name of Sir WalterRaleigh as the pioneer and faithful promoter ofEnglish colonization in America. The recognitionof his services by the people who reap the rewardof his labors has ever been too meagre. A portraithere and there, the name of the capital