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Butler, Nathaniel, arrival,

389;
searches for Argent, 390; rumors
concerning, 391; governor of the
Bermuda Islands, 411; the Virginia
planters' answer to, 412-418; at-
tacks the Virginia government,
438, 439; forgery of, 452; accusa-
tions against, 455; enmity of the
colonists for, 457; "The Unmasked
Face of Our Colony in Virginia as it
Was in the Winter of the Yeare
1622," 389 n., 411, 451, 452.

Charter of Orders, Laws, and
Privileges, 255, 256-257; adoption,
259; results of the revocation of,
400; history of the revocation,
450-455.

Chawonock, 163; described, 355.
Chawonoke Indians, 89.
Chesapeake Bay, Percy enters, 9;
Smith anchors in, 32; natives of,
attack colonists, 48; described, 81,
82, 222, 223; Smith explores, 141–
151.

Chesapeake Indians, 84.

Callicut, William, discovers silver, 156. Chesapeake, town of, discovered,
Canada, 105 n.

89.

Canaries, John Smith arrives at, 32; Chester, Captain Anthony, 344 n.;
colonists at, 122.

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contribution to the Generall Historie,
340-344; voyage to Virginia, 340-
344; fight with two Spanish men-
of-war, 341-344.

Chew, John, 426.

Chicacoan Indians, 86, 372.
Chickahominies, 84; choose Opechan-
canough for king, 35 n.; Smith's
expedition to, 39-40, 129, 157;
colonists assisted by, 39 n.; trading
methods of, 57; conspire against
the colonists, 67-70; governors of,
84; character, 183-184; law con-
cerning, 262; conclude a peace
with Dale, 310-311; attacks upon,
323-324, 389; attack the colonists,
333.

Chickahominy River, 84, 157 n., 387;
Smith explores, 41-43, 130, 387 n.
Chippokes Creeks, 83 n.
Cinquoateck, Smith anchors at, 60,
61.

City Point, 306 n., 356; delegates
from, 249.

Clarke, John, 160.

Clayborne, William, 349.

Clergy, laws concerning, 271–272, 273.
Clovill, Eustis, 126.
Coan River, 86 n.

Coe, Thomas, 134, 140, 162, 177; fail-
ure to kill Smith, 196, 196 n.; re-
port of, 198.

Cole, Edward, plot, 303 n., 304; exe-
cution, 304 n.

College, land grant for, 337, 337 n.;

means of supporting, 338; contri-
butions to, 350-351.

Collier, Samuel, 126, 153; remains
with Powhatan, 163; death, 385.
Collings, Henry, 159.

Coloma, Don Carlo di, accuses Butler
of piracy, 455.

Colonial Records of Virginia, Senate
Document Extra, 248.
Columbus, Christopher, 77, 78; colony
of, 365; imprisonment, 366.
Comfort, Cape, named, 11.

Commissioners for the Reformation of
Virginia, questions put to Smith by,
399-405.

Copeland, Patrick, 356; starts sub-
scription for a free school, 350 n.
Copper, desire of Indians for, 307.
Corn, 95-97; efforts to obtain, 37,
161, 165, 176, 323-324; rats devour,
185; price of, 414-415.
Cornelius, 398.

Cortes, Hernando, discoveries of, 301;
conquest of Mexico, 386.

Cotten, Robert, 141.

141, 305; deputy-governor of Vir-
ginia, 207; censures the colonists,
208; government of the colony,
220 n., 302-303, 303 n., 304; treat-
ment of French prisoners, 230;
Rolfe's letter to, 239-244; seeks a
ransom for Pocahontas, 308; con-
cludes a peace with the Indians,
309-311; private property insti-
tuted by, 312; a proposal to marry
the daughter of Powhatan, 314-
315; letter of, 316; return to Eng-
land, 321.

Danvers, Sir John, political leadership,
429.

Dauxe, John, 160.

Davidson, Christopher, secretary for
Virginia, 348, 348 n.

Davis, Captain James, 200; arrival,
294; Spanish spies arrested by,
321.

Davis, Thomas, elected a burgess, 250.
Dawson, William, 140.

Cotton, abundance of, 7; prodigious Deane, Charles, editor of the True

growth of, 349.

Council of New England, 191 n.
Council of Virginia, alters its govern-
ment, 191; attitude toward Pow-
hatan's coronation, 152-153; ex-
tract from a declaration by, 301-
302; extract from a letter by, 345-
347; policy of, 346, 346 n.
Couper, Thomas, 126.

Coventry, Sir Thomas, opposition
to the company, 454, 454 n.
Craddock, Lieutenant, 141 n.
Cranfield, Lionel, see Middlesex, Earl
of.

Crofts, Richard, 126.

Croshaw, Raleigh, 159, 162, 170, 173,
175, 204, 204 n., 383, 426; voyage
to the Potomac, 372; experiences
among the Indians, 376-378; plot
to overthrow Opechancanough, 384;
opinion of the Indians, 386, 388.
Cuba, 219, 219 n.
Cutler, Robert, 140.
Cuttatawomen, 47, 86.

Relation, 29.

De Bry, map of, 53.

Delaware, Lady, friendship for Poca-
hontas, 237; privileges granted to,
267; presents Pocahontas at court,
329.

Delaware, Lord, 401; sails for Eng-
land, 3, 211, 301; governor of
Virginia, 191, 191 n.; arrival at
Jamestown, 202, 297; biographical
sketch of, 207; censures the colo-
nists, 208; severe experiences at
Jamestown, 210; government, 299;
builds new forts, 300; death, 331;
Relation, 208, 209-214.

Dermer, Thomas, arrival, 337; voy-
age up the Hudson, 337 n.
Dilke, Clement, 426.
Discovery, ship, 122 n.
Ditchfield, government contract with,
442 n.

Dixon, John, 229.
Dixon, Richard, 126.
Dods, John, 126, 162.
Dole, Richard, 141.

Dale, Lady, privileges granted to, 267.
Dale, Sir Thomas, 401; arrival at
Jamestown, 302, 320; political posi-
tions, 202 n.; establishes a settlement, | Dowman, William, 160.

Dominica, Percy anchors at, 5 n.;
Smith sails for, 32; colonists at,
122; sea-fight at, 340-344.

Downs, Percy anchors in, 5;
encounters dangers in, 32.
Dowse, Thomas, 160, 256;
known Volda's conspiracy,
elected a burgess, 249.

Smith | Fish, abundance of, 81; kinds, 95.
Florida, 80.

makes Flowerdew Hundred, delegates from,
189; 250; fortifications, 415, 416; loca-
tion, 415 n.

Drake, Sir Francis, circumnavigation
of the globe, 59 n.
Dutchmen, allies of the savages, 170,
177, 188, 189; assist Powhatan,
175, 180-182.

Flowre, George, death, 20.

Force, Peter, Historical Tracts, 302 n.,
422 n.

Ford, Robert, 125, 162, 170, 175.
Forest, George, 140.

Du Thet, settlement of, 227; death, Forest, Mistress, 160.

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Each, Captain, 416; sent to build Fox, Thomas, 160.

a fort, 355.

East India School, 356, 356 n.
Edmonds, Sir Thomas, 207, 208.
Edward, Ould, 126.

Elizabeth City, 372; delegates from,
250; named, 259; incorporated,
337, 337 n.; Newce fortifies, 378.
Elizabeth, queen of Great Britain, 207.
Elizabeth River, 84 n.
Elizabeth, ship, 372.
Ellis, David, 162.

Emry, Thomas, 126; on the Chicka-
hominy, 43.

Essex, Earl of, Lord Delaware im-
plicated in rebellion of, 207.
Evans, 336.

Fairfax, Margery, death, 333.

Francis, 169, 181.

Fuller, Michael, adventure, 389–391.

Galthorpe, Stephen, 21.

Gany, William, adventure, 389-391.
Garnett, Thomas, accusation against,
268.

Garret, William, 126.

Gates, Sir Thomas, 401; political posi-
tions, 191, 191 n.; arrival at James-
town, 201, 296, 304; deputy-gov-
ernor of Virginia, 207; censures the
colonists, 208; meeting with Lord
Delaware, 212; government of the
colony, 220 n., 318 n.; is despatched
to England for help, 202; returns
to England, 300.

George, ship, 330, 331, 337.

Fairfax, William, Indians murder the Gibbes, Lieutenant, elected a burgess,

family of, 333, 333 n.

Falls, the, of the James River, 48, 124;
proposed expedition beyond, 64-65;
West's settlement at, 192, 193;
attack of the savages at, 301.
Fayal, 232.

Feld, Thomas, 141.
Felgate, Captain, 391.

Ferrar, John, 340 n., 406; deputy-gov-
ernor, 335, 335 n., 344, 345 n.; priv-
ileges granted to, 405; political
leadership, 429.

Ferrar, Nicholas, Jr., 247, 458; politi-
cal leadership, 335 n., 429; be-
quests, 339-340; efforts to retain
the charter, 453 n.
Fetherstone, Richard, 140, 141, 147.

250.

Gipson, Thomas, 160, 162.

Glass, 416; factory for making, 348 n.
Gold, 152; craze for, among the set-
tlers, 136, 138; Molina's report con-
cerning, 219.

Golding, George, 126.

Gondomar, Count, intrigues of, 430;
instructions, 454; accuses Argall
of piracy, 455.
Goodspeed, ship, 122 n.
Goodyson, Ramon, 140.
Gookin, Daniel, 369; establishes a
settlement at Newport News, 349.
Gore, Thomas, 20 n., 21, 126.
Gosnold, Anthony, 125, 126, 132, 134;
death, 174.

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Hill, George, 140.

a burgess, 250; rescue, 354.
Griswold, ed., Delaware's Relation, 208. Hills, Edward, 381.

Gryvill, William, 140.

Guadeloupe, hot bath at, 6-7, 122;

Chester anchors at, 340.

Gudderington, John, 159.

Hog Island, 174, 297; blockhouse at,
185.

Holland, Gabriell, 426.

Hope, Thomas, 119, 134, 140.

Guercheville, Madame de, assists Biard, Hothersall, Thomas, account of the

227.

Guiacum, tree, 7.

Gurganey, Edward, 140; contribution
to the Generall Historie, 316–325.

Hakluyt, Richard, 179, 179 n.; map
of, 53 n.

Hall, William, 209.
Hamor, Ralph, 312 n., 316 n., 317,

426; visit to Powhatan, 313-316;
sails for Virginia, 330; Indian at-
tack upon, 361, 361 n.; entertained
by the king of the Potomacs, 377;
voyage to Newfoundland, 384; opin-
ion of the Indians, 386, 388; A True
Discourse of the Present Estate of
Virginia and the Successes of the
Affaires there till the 18 of June, 1614,
238, 302, 302 n., 309 n.; contribu-
tion to the Generall Historie, 302-
316.

Hamor, Thomas, 361, 361 n.
Hampton River, 11 n.
Hancock, Nicholas, 160, 162.
Hardwin, 160.

Harford, John, 141.

Harington, Edward, 21.
Harper, John, 140.

Harwood, member of the council, 345.
Haryson, Harmon, 159.
Hassinnunga Indians, 105.
Hazard, Ebenezer, Historical Col-
lections, 406 n.
Hellyard, 160.

Henrico, 424; early settlement at,

sea-fight at Dominica, 340 n.
Houlgrave, Nicholas, 126.
Hoult, John, 159.

Hunt, Robert, 125, 132, 135, 160; sick-
ness, 122.

Iguanas, found, 8, 122.

Indians, dress, 6, 12, 13-14, 48, 88,
99-100, 110; religion, 6, 20, 23, 51,
108-113, 355, 355 n.; remedies, 108;
treatment of prisoners, 115–116;
treatment of their sick, 51; war-
paint, 100; weapons, 6, 17, 102-
103, 142; customs, 6, 56, 101, 114-
115, 377; ceremonies, 12, 48, 51, 54,
110-112, 153-154; werowances, 15
n., 49 n., 84, 105, 112-113, 115;
conversion, 345-346, 347, 347 n.,
348, 356, 362; occupations, 18, 101;
manner of life, 101, 363; cabins,
100-101, 114; canoes, 103; char-
acter, 6, 63, 99, 386, 388; govern-
ment, 52, 113-114, 115; agricultural
methods, 95-97; methods of tat-
tooing their bodies, 6, 19; dances,
12; difference between the married
and unmarried, 19; longevity, 19;
oaths, 20; language, 89; hunting
methods, 103-105; physical char-
acteristics, 99; food, 102; methods
of warfare, 105-107; music, 107;
manner of trading, 108; mode of
burial, 109; priests, 110; mar-
riage, 355; refusal to trade with
colonists, 157, 159, 160-161; learn

the use of firearms, 346; attacks of, | Jefferson, 250, 256.
10, 32, 35, 43-44, 138; massacre John and Francis, vessel, 71 n.
of the colonists by, 357-373, 400, Johnson, Robert, 425, 432, 446, 447,
437, 444; peace with, 345, 358; 448; efforts to dissolve the Virginia
laws concerning, 262, 264, 269- Company, 422, 422 n.; petition,
270, 273.
451; accusations against, 457.
Johnson, William, 126, 140.
Jones, Sir William, 405.

Irrohatock Indians, 85.
Isabella, of Spain, 77, 78.

Isle of St. Michael, governor of, enter- Jordan, Samuel, 249, 256, 370.
tains Lord Delaware, 331.
Itopatin, 355; succeeds Powhatan,
334.

Jackson, John, 250, 256.
Jacob, Thomas, 21, 446.
James City, see Jamestown.
James I., king of Great Britain, 325 n.
James River, 413 n.; explorations
up, 17-18, 33-35, 123-124; de-
scribed, 17-18, 34; Spanish ships in,
217.

Jamestown Peninsula, 185 n.
Jamestown, settlement at, 15, 15 n.,
33, 123; described, 19, 306; burn-
ing of the fort at, 52, 135, 397;
country surrounding, 64 n.; loca-
tion, 84, 412, 413; proceedings of
the colony at, 119-204; arrival of
the first supply at, 52, 132-137; the
second supply reaches, 152; ar-
rival of the first woman at, 155;
life at, 156-158, 397; the third
supply reaches, 191, 292; aid sent
to, 203, 331-332; condition of
affairs at, 21-22, 36-38, 41, 71, 127-
128, 179-180, 184-187, 197-198,
198 n., 200, 201, 208, 212-214, 220-
221, 283-286, 285 n., 286 n., 292,
294-296, 299-300, 301, 302 n., 326,
330-331, 332, 334, 338, 347, 384,
395, 400, 414, 422-425; houses, 415,
424; government, 247, 296, 312,
337, 338-339, 400-405; meeting of
Virginia assembly at, 248, 249, 337;
fortifications, 415, 416; dissentions
at, 191-192, 196, 197; young
women sold to the settlers at, 339;
Indians attack, 35; delegates from,
249; number of inhabitants in, 224;
incorporated, 337, 337 n.

Japazaws, betrays Pocahontas, 307;
seeks trade with the colonists, 337.
Jarnette, D. C. de, 248.

Keale, Richard, 141, 147.

Kecoughtan, Indian village, 11, 37,
377, 389, 424; described, 38;
natives of, befriend colonists, 48;
Smith reaches, 146, 163; see also
Elizabeth City.

Kecoughtan Indians, 13 n., 84.
Keffer, Peter, 140.
Kekataugh, 165;

entertains Smith,
46; trade with Smith, 60.
Kendall, George, 125; conviction of,
21; shot as a conspirator, 41, 71 n.;
his chosen councillor, 123; deposed,
36, 128; conspires against Smith,
129.

Kerby, Captain, traffics in slaves,
282 n.

Killingbeck, Richard, 140; death,
333.

Kingsbury, Susan M., Introduction to
the Records of the Virginia Company,
405 n.

Kingston, Ellis, 22, 22 n.
Kingswell, Richard, 426.
Kiptopeke, conference with Pory,
352; character, 354.
Kiskiack or Chiskiack Indians, 50,
85; religion, 51; Smith visits, 61;
conspiracy of, 67–70.
Kissanacomen, fight with Yeardley,
323.

Kitchin, plot, 303 n., 304; execution,
304 n.

Knollys, Sir Francis, 207.
Kuscarawaoke Indians, 89.
Kuskaranaocke River, 143.

Lambert, Thomas, 162.
Lane, Sir Ralph, 89, 143.
Lanexa, 41, 387.

Lapworth, Michael, murdered by the
Indians, 363 n.
Lavander, Thomas, 160.

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