{"id":780,"date":"2011-04-08T05:54:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T12:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/?p=780"},"modified":"2011-07-19T22:02:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T05:02:54","slug":"character-of-an-indian-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/character-of-an-indian-chief","title":{"rendered":"Character of An Indian Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This short article caught my eye as I was leafing through the first issue of the Niles Weekly Register. As it is reprinted from the Georgia Journal, it evidently caught the attention of the venerable Mr. Niles as well. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opchanacanough\">Wikipedia<\/a>, Opechanchanough was a tribal chief of the Powhatan Confederacy of what is now Virginia in the United States, and its leader from sometime after 1618 until his death in 1646. It was he who captured John Smith of Jamestown. 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(see the box on left)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\r\n    <object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" id=\"swfobj_0\" width=\"90%\" height=\"660\">\r\n      <param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/puzzles\/indian-chief\/cwf_live.swf?version=6.1.13&amp;puzzleFileName=indian-chief_puzzle.xml\" \/>\n      <param name=\"base\" value=\"\/puzzles\/indian-chief\" \/>\r\n      <!--[if !IE]>-->\r\n      <object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/puzzles\/indian-chief\/cwf_live.swf?version=6.1.13&amp;puzzleFileName=indian-chief_puzzle.xml\" width=\"90%\" height=\"660\" base=\"\/puzzles\/indian-chief\">\r\n      <!--<![endif]-->\r\n        \r\n      <!--[if !IE]>-->\r\n      <\/object>\r\n      <!--<![endif]-->\r\n    <\/object>\r\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/indianchief1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-781\" title=\"indianchief1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/indianchief1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/indianchief1.png 368w, http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/indianchief1-165x300.png 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/indianchief2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-782\" title=\"indianchief2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/indianchief2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/indianchief2.png 352w, http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/indianchief2-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a bit more on Opechanchanough see this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonofthesouth.net\/revolutionary-war\/indians\/opechancanough.htm\">article<\/a> at Son of The South.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s crossword puzzle is derived from a short article that caught my eye as I was leafing through the first issue of the Niles Weekly Register.  As it is reprinted from the Georgia Journal, it evidently caught the attention of the venerable Mr. Niles as well.  According to Wikipedia, Opechanchanough was a tribal chief of the Powhatan Confederacy of what is now Virginia in the United States, and its leader from sometime after 1618 until his death in 1646. It was he who captured John Smith of Jamestown.  This was the same John Smith famous for being rescued by Pocahontas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 intervention on his behalf.  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