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I've been doing a lot of reading about the Jamestown colony (because even me, with my primary school recollection of early American history, say the 1609 flashback in Darla and went 'whuuu?') And it turns out there was a woman, 'Mistresse Forest', who arrived in Jamestown with her servant in 1608 and just vanished from history (the servant ending up as one of the few to survive when almost all the colonists died out the next year). It's all nice and serendipitous but it doesn't explain where the bloody nuns came from.

But now I want to write Darla fic from this guy's perspective. And absolutely not entertain the naughty thoughts brought up by the idea that Darla would have almost certainly have known Pocahontas.

ETA this bit from MSN chat:
Kevin says:
when I read your last post I mistook "Jamestown" for "Jonestown" and spent a good 10mins pondering how Pocahontas was involved in a pseudo-religious suicide cult

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Posted by

doyle_sb4.livejournal.com

Ha! And those poor colonists, having never seen a mosquito before and landing there *g*

Posted by

jedi-penguin.livejournal.com

There aren't any mosquitoes in England? *blinks in surprise*

Posted by

doyle_sb4.livejournal.com

Nope. Hell of a shock for me as a wee small Doyle going to Spain (I think) for the first time and this thing biting me *g*

Posted by (Anonymous)

Just de-lurking to say, there are mosquitoes in England, I've been bitten by them while camping. They're pretty vicious, though not as bad as the ones in India *g* Little known piece of history -- there were actually outbreaks of malaria, due to mosquitoes, down the East coast of Yorkshire in the last century, especially around ports like Hull. I don't know if the same holds true for other places, but it might.

M Phoenix

P.S. Excited about prospect of more Darla fic.