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Identifier: oldvirginiahern01fisk (find matches)
Title: Old Virginia and her neighbours
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Subjects: Virginia -- History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Maryland -- History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 United States -- History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass, Printed at the Riverside Press
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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IKG1NI \. i »i: THE LAND OF THE POWHATANS pany, a paper bristling with common-sense andnot timid when it comes to calling a spade aspade. With some topics suggested by this Rude Answer we shall concern ourselves inthe next chapter. 139 IV THE STARVING TIME THE men of bygone days were quiteas fond as ourselves of playing withnames, and the name of Christopher,or Christ-bearer, was a favourite subject forsuch pastime. The old Syrian saint and mar-tyr was said to have forded a river carryingChrist on his back in the form of a child; andso when in the year 1500 Columbuss famouspilot, Juan de La Cosa, made his map of thenew discoveries, and came to a place where hedid not know how to draw his coast-line, he^L filled the space with a picture of the The name x ... ofchristo- new Christopher wading in mid-oceanp er and bringing over Christ to the heathen. At the court of James I. it was fash-ionable to make similar mild jests upon thename of Captain Christopher Newport, whoseships were carry

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