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mystery of the indian princess LbNA #60147 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:fern
Plant date:Nov 20, 2011
Location: mason neck wildlife refuge
City:lorton
County:Fairfax
State:Virginia
Boxes:1
Found by: Night0wl
Last found:Jan 18, 2013
Status:FFFr
Last edited:Oct 17, 2015
The mystery of the Indian princess
Columbus sailed the ocean blue,
in 14 hundred and ninety-two;
If he had sailed in ninety-three,
he would have sailed, the deep blue sea.
John Smith explored the Potomac green,
From Jamestown to Great Falls and in between.
The natives did not like him much,
Wanted to bash his head and such.
Young Pocahontas cried ‘No way!’
So the Chief let John go on his way.

In 1730, when the new world was being explored and colonized, Captain John Smith sailed north from Jamestown, the first British colony in the New World. Captain Smith traveled north to the land that would later become our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. As Captain Smith explored the Potomac River , a river that flows into the Chesapeake bay, he encountered a native girl named Pocahontas. A popular Disney movie tells the story of Pocahontas and how she saved Captain Smith from execution. But what happened to the Indian Princess after she saved Captain Smith?
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To find M4S0N N3CK NWR Tr4V3L S0UTH 0N 1NT3RST4T3 95, to exit 163 (L0RT0N) turn left on Lorton, right on 4RM1ST34D RD, th3N R1GHT 0N RT 0N3. Turn left on Gunst0n RD and G0 4B0UT F0UR m1L3S. The R3FUG3 SH4R3S 4 C0MM0N 3NTR4NC3 W1TH M4S0N N3CK ST4T3 P4RK (High Pt Rd). Bear right on High point Rd, drive to the Woodmarsh Trail parking lot. Park and walk south/west on the trail. After a quarter mile walk on the paved bike path, you will pass a 2.0 mile marker, 80 yards beyond is a biking ‘Downhill’ sign stop there, turn around and retrace your steps 43 paces, On the left, there is a medium sized tree at the base in the twisted trunk, you will find the Mystery of the Indian Princess letterbox.


Hike length: 0.5 miles