Narratives of Early Virginia, 1606-1625Lyon Gardiner Tyler C. Scribner's Sons, 1907 - 478 pages |
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... Paspahegh Chief 181 Makes Peace with the Indians 183 The Rats eat up the Corn 185 Smith's Efforts to supply Provisions 186 Volda's Treachery 188 Arrival of the Third Supply 191 Dissensions with the Newcomers 192 Smith is injured by ...
... Paspahegh Chief 181 Makes Peace with the Indians 183 The Rats eat up the Corn 185 Smith's Efforts to supply Provisions 186 Volda's Treachery 188 Arrival of the Third Supply 191 Dissensions with the Newcomers 192 Smith is injured by ...
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... Paspahegh belonged to the Quiyoughcohanock Indians , whose chief town was at Clare- mont . The Rapahanna chief was a stranger , who came to the James from the Rappahannock River in order to assist in resisting the landing of the ...
... Paspahegh belonged to the Quiyoughcohanock Indians , whose chief town was at Clare- mont . The Rapahanna chief was a stranger , who came to the James from the Rappahannock River in order to assist in resisting the landing of the ...
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... Paspahegh , I traded with that churlish and trecherous nation : having loaded 10 or 12 bushels of corne , they offred to take our pieces and swords , yet by stelth , but [ we ] seeming to dislike it , they were ready to assault us : yet ...
... Paspahegh , I traded with that churlish and trecherous nation : having loaded 10 or 12 bushels of corne , they offred to take our pieces and swords , yet by stelth , but [ we ] seeming to dislike it , they were ready to assault us : yet ...
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... Paspahegh : who shewed at our fort great signes of sorrow for this mischance . The King3 tooke great delight in understanding the manner of our ships , and sayling the seas , the earth and skies , and of our God : what he knew of the ...
... Paspahegh : who shewed at our fort great signes of sorrow for this mischance . The King3 tooke great delight in understanding the manner of our ships , and sayling the seas , the earth and skies , and of our God : what he knew of the ...
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... Paspahegh also they kindly used us : our Pinnasse being leake , we were inforced to stay to mend her , till Captaine Newport my father came to conduct us away . He demaunded why we went further with our Boate . I tolde him , in that I ...
... Paspahegh also they kindly used us : our Pinnasse being leake , we were inforced to stay to mend her , till Captaine Newport my father came to conduct us away . He demaunded why we went further with our Boate . I tolde him , in that I ...
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Adventurers amongst arrived arrowes Assembly Bermuda better Boats brought bushels businesse called Captain John Martin Captaine Argall Captaine Martin Captaine Newport Captaine Smith cause Colony Comission Corne Counsell and Company Counsell of Estate desired divers doth EARLY VIRGINIA England English extreame farre fish Generall Historie Governor hath himselfe honour hundred Indians Islands James citty James towne John Rolfe Kecoughtan King labour land live Lord Lordship Master Matie miles moneths NARRATIVES OF EARLY Nathaniel Powell neere Opechancanough Pamaunke Paspahegh Patawomek peece Pinnace plant Plantation Planters Pocahontas pounds Powhatan present President promised rest returned River Rolfe saile Salvages Samuel Argall selfe sent severall shalbe shewed ship shipps shore shot Sir Thomas Dale Sir Thomas Smith slaine Souldiers thereof thing Thomas Gates Tobacco trade Treasurer twenty tyme unto victuall Virginia Company warre Werowance William yeere
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Page 10 - ... faire meddowes and goodly tall Trees, with such Fresh-waters running through the woods, as I was almost ravished at the first sight thereof.
Page 22 - ... salt, at a low tide full of slime and filth, which was the destruction of many of our men.
Page 81 - Within is a country that may have the prerogative over the most pleasant places of Europe, Asia, Africa, or America, for large and pleasant navigable rivers: heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for mans habitation being of our constitutions, were it fully manured and inhabited by industrious people.
Page 131 - Fort, but procured his owne libertie, and got himselfe and his company such estimation amongst them, that those Salvages admired him more then their owne Quiyouckosucks.
Page 156 - All these things were carried so pleasantly as within a weeke they became Masters : making it their delight to heare the trees thunder as they fell ; but the Axes so oft blistered their tender fingers, that many times every third blow had a loud othe to drowne the eccho...
Page 14 - Hee went formost, and all the rest of his people and our selves followed him up a steepe Hill where his Palace was settled. Wee passed through the Woods in fine paths, having most pleasant Springs which issued from the Mountaines : Wee also went through the goodliest Corne fieldes that ever was seene in any ny -1X Countrey. When wee came to Rapahannos Towne, hee 1688.] entertained us in good humanitie.
Page 12 - When we came first a Land they made a dolefull noise, laying their faces to the ground, scratching the earth with their nailes. We did thinke that they had beene at their idolatry. When they had ended their Ceremonies, they went into their houses and brought out mats and laid upon the ground, the chiefest of them sate all in a rank ; the meanest sort brought...
Page 326 - That some ten years ago being in Virginia, and taken prisoner by the power of Powhatan their...
Page 105 - Beyond the mountaines from whence is the head of the river Patawomeke, the Salvages report inhabit their most mortall enemies, the Massawomekes, upon a great salt water, which by all likelihood is either some part of Cannada, some great lake, or some inlet of some sea that falleth into the South sea.
Page 166 - Think you I am so simple, not to know it is better to eat good meat, lie well, and sleep quietly with my women and children, laugh and be merry with you, have copper, hatchets, or what I want being your friend...