Page:The New International Encyclopædia 1st ed. v. 16.djvu/179

* POCAHONTAS. 145 POCKET MOUSE. story about her rescue of ('ai)tain Smith first ap- peared. In a letter to the Queen (1616) Smith asserted that in 1007. when he. a captive among the Indians, was about to liave his brains knocked out aofainst a large stone. Pociihontas had "haz- arded the beating out of her owne braines" to save his. and had on another occasion warned the English of a threatened Indian attack, besides furnisliing food to the famisliing colonists. It is for this re-scue story, much elaborated and em- bellished by Smith in his Generall Historie (111241, that Pocahontas is chiefly remembered. Until Charles Deane attacked it in 18.59, it was seldom questioned, but. owing largely to his criti- cisms, it soon became generally discredited. In recent years, however, there has been a tendency to retain it. Pocahontas died March 29. 1617. at Gravesend. and was there buried, the following curious entry being made in the parish records: •■1616 (1617"), May 2 j, Rebecca Wrothe wyff of Thomas Wrothe. gent, a Virginia lady borne, here was buried in ye chauncell." Pocahontas and Rolfe had one son. Thomas, who. after living for many years in England, migrated to Virginia. From him many prominent Virginia families, in- cluding the Boilings, the Murrays. the Guys, the Whittles, the Roljertsons, the Elbridges, and that ' branch of the Randolphs from which sprang .Tolm Randolph of Roanoke (q.v. ), trace their descent. For arguments opposing the rescue story, consult Deane's edition of Smith's True Relation (1S66), XeiTs Virginia Company in London (1869). and Henry Adams's Chapters of Eric atid Other Es- says (New York. 1871); for arguments in its favor see: Arber. .S'"u7/i's ITorA-s (1884): Poin- dexter. Capt. -folin Smilhand His Critics ilS9'.i) : W. W. Henry. Proceedings of the Virginia His- torical Society (1882); and John Fiske, Ola Virginia and Her Xeighbors (18971. Consult, also: Eggleston and Seelye, Pocahontas ( Xew York, 1879) ; and Robertson and Brock, Poca- hontas and Her Descendants (1887). PO'CATELOiO. A city and the county-seat of Bannock County, Idaho, 1.34 miles north by west of Ogden. Utah : on the Port Xeuf River, and on the Utah Xorthern and the Oregon Short Line railroads (Map: Idaho. C 4). It is a division headquarters of these lines and has large railroad machine shops. Mining, stock-raising, and agri- culture constitute the leading industries. The Academy of Idaho is located here. Population, in 1900." 4046. POCCETTI, po-chet'te, Bee.nardixo Baeb.a.- TELi.i (1.342 or 1.543-1612). An Italian painter, born at Florence, where he was a pupil of Michele di Ridolfo del Cihirlandajo. He enjoyed great reputation as a painter of grotesques, and after his return from Rome, where he had studied the works of Raphael and other masters, executed many mural paintings in Florenc-e anu throughout Tuscany, revealing himself as a graceful figure painter, who enriched his historical compositions with beautiful landscapes, sea views, fruits, and Howers, besides magnificent draperies and tapes- tries, which he imitated to perfection. In Florence some of his frescoes may be seen in Santissima Annunziata. in Santa .Maria Xovella, in the ilon- astery of San Marco, in the Certosa, in the Uffizi, and in the Pitti Palaw. His finest ceiling pieces are reproduced in Deckenmalereien des ersten Korridors der Uffizicn zu Florenz (Berlin, 1897). POCCI, pO'che, Fraxz, Count (1807-76). A German poet, artist, and musician, born at Mu- nich and educated in law at I.andshut and his native city. His first publications to attract at- tention were Bildertiine fiir das Klarier (18.3.5) and Sechs altdeutsche ilinnelieder (183.5). and he afterwards wrote many po])ular hunting and student songs. He also wrote Dichtungeni 184.3), Draniatische Spicle (1883). and (leratter Tod (18.5.5). He is, however, chiefly remembered by his literary-artistic productions for children, such as Rosengartlein and Lustiges Hilderbuch. POCHARD. An Old World sea -duck (Aythya farina. with a long, broad, and very flat bill, the wings short, and the tail short and rounded. It is smaller than the mallard, but rather larger than the widgeon. The head and neck are bright chestnut, the eyes red. The windpipe of the male, in all the pochards, terminates in a laby- rinth composed partly of bone and partly of mem- brane. It breeds in far northern regions, and in winter migrates southward, even as far as Ben- gal. It is highly esteemed for the table. The can- vasbaek and the redhead (qq.v.) of the United States are closely allied species. The pochard is also known as 'dun-Iiird' and 'poker.' See DuCK. POCKET GOPHER, or Poiched CioPHER. Any gopher (q.v. ) of the family CJeomyidie, POCKET GOPHER. 1, The face, sliowing openings on eacb side of the cheek- pouches ; 2, left fore foot, showing great digging claws. characterized by their large cheek-pouches, which are furry inside and open outside of the mouth. The "salamander' of the Southern States and the SKULL OF POCKET GOPHER. common gopher of the Western prairies are ex- amples. Consult orth American Fauna. Xo. 8 (Department of Agriculture. Washington, 1898). POCKET MOUSE. A mouse of the American family Heteromyidip. It has external cheek- pouclies. lined with fur and opening at the angles of the lips. Several forms live upon the arid plains of the Western United States and Mexico. The true pocket mice are small, grayish, noctur- nal animals, that come out of their burrows only at night to gather seeds and the like, which they carry in their cheek-pouches into their holes and store there for winter use. Another genus in- cludes the kangaroo-rat (q.v.).