Archaeologist traces Pocahontas wedding site

[The Straight Story]

Archaeologist traces Pocahontas wedding site

Archeologist William Kelso is certain he's discovered the remains of the oldest Protestant church in the United States, standing between two holes he insists once held wooden posts.

In 1614, Pocahontas was "married right here, I guarantee," Kelso told AFP at the Jamestown, Virginia archeological site southeast of the nation's capital.

Near the James River, on May 14, 1607, a group of about a hundred men landed on commission from England to form the first colony in the Americas.

"It's fantastically exciting and significant because Jamestown is usually depicted -- the whole early settlement depicted -- as it was carried out by lazy gentlemen who wanted to get rich quick, and go right back to England."

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Interesting, I guess. The article kind of stinks, though. And if the archaeologist really said that the fighting stopped after the wedding, he should consult a couple of historians.