hontas, 239-244; petition, 269; contribution to the Generall Historie, 302-316, 328-339; marriage to Po- cahontas, 310, 327; educates Poca- hontas, 316; visit to England, 321. Rolfe, Thomas, 238, 330. Rolfe's Creek, 185 n. Rose, 160.
Rosingham, Ensign, 256. Royall James, ship, 350. Russawmeake, 105.
Russell, John, 156, 159, 162, 163. Russell, Robert, 140.
Russell, Walter, 76, 119, 121, 146, 170, 175; contribution to the Proceed- ings of the English Colony, 141–147; discovers the designs of the savages, 171.
Russell, William, 159.
Russell's Isles, 142, 352. Rymer, Fadera, 406.
Sabbath, law concerning, 273. Sagadahock, see Maine.
Saint Croix Island, French settlement at, 230; destruction of the settle- ment at, 227, 313.
St. Michael, island, 331. St. Sauveur, 230 n.
Sambage, William, 159. Samuell, 170.
Sands, Thomas, 126.
Sandy Point, 13 n.; Paspahegh Indians remove to, 275 n. Sandys, Sir Edwin, 429; treasurer, 335; policy toward the colonists, 247; political leadership, 335 n.; efforts to establish a university, 337 n.; government, 293, 421, 434, 446; accusations against, 447; efforts to retain the charter, 453 n. Sandys, George, treasurer, 348, 426; experiments, 348 n.; report con- cerning the Indians, 363. Santa Maria, see Chesapeake Bay. Santo Domingo, 219, 219 n. Sarah Constant, ship, 122 n. Sassafras, 434, 434 n. Savage, Richard, 140, 170. Savage, Thomas, interpreter, 140;
is given to Powhatan by Newport, 56, 134; is returned to Jamestown,
68; accompanies Hamor to Pow- hatan, 313; Namenacus seeks, 352; first permanent settler on the Eastern Shore, 352 n.; quarrels with Indian chiefs, 353; conspiracy against, 354.
School, free, subscription for, 350, 350 n.
Scot, Nicolas, 126, 160. Scrivener, Matthew, 140; becomes president of the colony, 37 n., 147; is elected councillor, 52; accom- panies Smith to Powhatan, 53; experiences in a bog, 58; traffics with Indian chiefs, 60; accompanies Newport, 61, 133-135; trouble with the Indians, 66; in authority at Jamestown, 71 n.; accompanies Smith to Nansamund, 160; is left in charge at Jamestown, 161; death, 174.
Sea Venture, ship, 191 n. Secowocomoco Indians, 86. Sedan, 398.
Shackaconias, 105.
Sharpe, Samuel, 249, 256, 426. Shelley, Walter, 250, 256; death, 260, 260 n.
Sherley, Sir Thomas, 207. Shortridge, Geoffery, 160, 162. Sicklemore, John, see Ratcliffe, John. Sicklemore, Michael, 140, 141, 147,
162, 163; failure to find Raleigh's colony, 188.
Silk, attempt to make, 90, 348 n.; law concerning the manufacture of, 265.
Silkworms, destruction, 381. Silver, discovered, 156. Simonds, Doctor William, 140, 294, 294 n., 297; revises Smith's manu- script, 75; contribution to the Proceedings of the English Colony, 179-204, 297 n.; contribution to the Generall Historie, 294-297; death, 22.
Small, Robert, 126, 141.
Smith, Alice, mother of Captain John Smith, 27.
Smith, George, father of Captain John Smith, 27.
Smith, Captain John, True Relation, 4,
28, 30-71; Map of Virginia. 28,
191; Generall Historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles, 5 n., 28, 31, 208, 217, 294-407; critical estimate of his works, 29; Mappe of the Bay and River, 75, 76; letter of, to Sir Edward Semer, 76- 77; Description of Virginia, 80- 118; Proceedings of the English Colonies in Virginia, 119-204; A Description of New England, 191; New England's Trials, 191; True Travels, 28, 291; letter of, to Queen Anne, 325-328.
Smith, Captain John, biographical
sketch of, 27-28; reaches Chesa- peake Bay, 32; establishes a settle- ment, 33; explores James River, 33-34, 123-124; return to the fort, 35, 52, 61, 177; illness, 36; trades with the Indians, 37-38; goes on trading expedition, 39-40; explores the Chickahominy River, 41-43; capture, 44, 396; experiences as a prisoner, 45-51, 130-131; at Wero- wocomoco, 47, 163; conference with Powhatan, 48-49; visits Pow- hatan, 53-60, 133-135; promises of, to Powhatan, 55; trades with Powhatan, 57, 59; in a bog, 58; is entertained by Opechancanough, 60; trouble with the Indians, 63, 66-70; quarrels with Martin, 66 n.; savages ask aid of, 105-106; cen- sures his enemies, 117-118; sails for Virginia, 122; arrest, 124-125, 124 n.; accuses Wingfield, 127; conspiracy against, 129, 196; re- builds the fort, 137; treatment of the Indians, 138-139, 177-178, 182- 183; first voyage to the Chesa- peake Bay, 141-147; on the Poto- mac, 145; second voyage to the Chesapeake Bay, 147-151; among the Toghwoghs, 149-150; president of the colony, 151; management of the colony, 151, 156, 179- 180, 186-187, 190, 192; attitude toward Powhatan's coronation, 152- 155; visits the Chickahominy Ind- ians, 157; efforts to depose, 158; voyage to the Pamunkey country, 161-173; conference with Pow- hatan, 164-168; reaches the Pamun-
key country, 170; discourse with Opechancanough, 170-173; attempt to poison, 176; fight with the king of Paspahegh, 181; makes peace with the Indians, 183; Volda's treachery made known to, 189; departure for the Falls, 193; is injured by gunpowder, 195, 398; sails for Eng- land, 196; character, 197; ас- cusations against, 198-199; cen- sures the colonists, 208; comments on the revocation of the charter, 293; visit to Pocahontas, 328; opinion concerning the defence of the colony, 370, 370 n.; proposal, 373-375; opinion concerning the Indians, 379-380; opinion con- cerning the attacks upon the Ind- ians, 379, 379 n., 385-389, 385 n.; reviews his administration, 398- 399; answers to the questions of the Commissioners, 399-405; opinion as to the government of Virginia, 400-407.
Smith, Roger, 426. Smith, Sir Thomas, 306 n., 418 n.; treasurer of Virginia, 320, 331 n.; political defeat, 335 n.; efforts to secure the dissolution of the Vir- ginia Company, 421; government, 422-425, 437, 454, 455 n.; political leadership, 429; deposed, 446, 446 n.; commissioner of Vir- ginia, 455; accusations against,
Smith's Fort, 185 n. Smith's Island, 141, 141 n., 355; salt- works at, 352.
Smyth, John, of Nibley, 338 n. Smyth's Hundred, delegates from, 250; law concerning, 266. Snarsbrough, Francis, 126. Somers, Sir George, political positions,
191, 191 n.; arrival at Jamestown, 201, 296; return to England, 202; death, 203; at the Bermudas, 300. Soraphanigh Indians, 143. South Sea, 152; belief concerning, 59 n.; report of, 147; English designs concerning, 219. Southampton, Earl of, treasurer, 247, 344, 345 n.; political leader- ship, 429; administration of, 293,
421, 434-436, 446; accusations, 447, 449.
Southampton Hundred, 339 n., 250 n. Southerne, John, 426.
Spanish Colonies, condition of, 365- 366.
Sparkes, Michael, goes as messenger
to Powhatan, 310. Speareman, John, 140.
Spelman, Captain Henry, 723; death, 202 n., 392; punishment, 274–275; rescue, 295; assists Argall, 300;
good services of, 324. Spence, William, 140, 256, 312, 337; elected a burgess, 249.
Stacy, Robert, elected a burgess, 250. Stalling, Daniel, 140; voyage to New England, 334; death, 335. Stegarake Indians, 105.
Stockden, Jonas, relation of, 347-348; opinion as to the Indians, 347 n., 364, 369.
Indians, 359; murdered by the Indians, 360, 363 n. Throckmorton, Kellam, 20 n., 21, 126. Throckmorton, Sir William, 338 n. Thwaites, R. G., Jesuit Relations, 227. Tiger, ship, 350.
Tobacco, price of, 259, 450; great fortunes from, 346; used as cur- rency, 384; reasons for the small profit from, 400; sole attention of the colonists given to, 416, 417 n., 434; laws concerning, 266, 267- 268, 349; contract, 431, 442, 446- 451.
Tockwogh Indians, 89; ask aid of Smith, 105-106. Tockwogh River, 148.
Todkill, Anas, 76, 119, 121, 126, 134,
141, 147, 170; narratives concern- ing Jamestown, 132 n., 137-179; search for Raleigh's lost colony, 188; contribution to the Proceedings of the English Colony, 132-179.
Strachey, William, Historie of Travaile Tooker, William Wallace, 33 n., 39 n.,
Toppahanock River, see Rappahan- nock River.
Towtales, Lawrence, 140. Toyatan, 376.
Tracy, Joyce, murdered by the Ind- ians, 360 n.
Tracy, William, member of the coun- cil, 338 n., 345; murdered by the Indians, 360 n.
Tragical Declaration, 432 n.
Susquehanna Indians, described, 87- 88; domain of, 89, 149; physical | Treasurer, ship, 282, 332; characteristics, 99; ask aid of Smith, 105-106. Sutton, Sir Richard, 405.
Taler, William, 160. Tankard, William, 126, 162. Tauxenent Indians, 86. Tauxsnitanias, 105. Taverner, John, 134, 140. Tavin, Henry, 126.
Tegoneaes, 105. Terceras, see Azores. Terra Sigillata, 50, 66, 82. Thorpe, George, 357 n.; manager for the college lands, 338 n; member of the council, 345; visits Opechan- canough, 349; treatment of the
slaves brought over by, Triall, ship, 337.
Tropic of Cancer, Percy passes, 9. Tucker, Daniel, 159.
Tucker, Captain William, 250, 256, 426.
Twine, John, clerk of the general as- sembly, 251.
Tyler, Lyon G., editor of the Virginia Narratives, 4; England in America, 286 n.; The Cradle of the Republic, 337 n.
Unger, William, 126. University, see College. Uphu, David, 160. Upton, John, 382.
Utie, John, 426. Uttamatomakkin, visit to England,
Uttamussick, wigwams at, 35 n.; Ind- ian temple at, 109.
Vela, Blasco Nuñez, 366.
Velasco, Don Alonzo de, letter to, 217. Ven, Nicholas, 140.
n., 372, 429; opposes Argall, 334, 334 n.; sends Frenchmen to in- struct colonists how to raise grapes, 350, 350 n.; Smith's proposal to, 373-375; reply of, to Smith's proposal, 375; dissensions, 375- 376; outfit furnished the colonists by, 393-395; dissolution, 405, 421, 422; journals of, or Records of, 292, 334 n., 335 n., 350 n., 373 n., 389, 405 n., 411; Abstract of Proceedings, 424 n.; Briefe Declaration, 212 n., 220 n., 325 n.; A True and Sincere Declaration of the Estate of the Colony of Virginia, 294 n., 302 n.; Nova Britannia, 294 n. Virginia Magazine of History, 255 n., 258, 430.
Volda, William, conspiracy of, 188- 189; escape, 190.
Vieques, Percy near, 8 n. Virgin Islands, Percy at, 8 n. Virginia Assembly, proceedings of, 249-278; preliminaries, 251; order concerning Captain Ward, 252; committees, 255-256; petitions, 257-259, 276-278; decisions as to Captain Martin's Patent, 260-262; laws based on instructions from England, 262-268; laws proposed by individual burgesses, 268-274; remuneration of the officers de- Wahunsonacock, name given by the termined by, 276; adjournment, Indians to their ruling chief, 113. 277; denounces Sir Thomas Smith's Wainman, Sir Ferdinando, 202, 401. administration, 421; The Tragical | Waldo, Captain Richard, 153, 157, 159, Relation of, 419-426. 160, 161; member of the council, 152, 171 n.; death, 174. Waler, John, 126. Walker, George, 21, 160. Walnuts, uses, 91. Wamanato,
entertains Pory, 352; innocence, 353.
Virginia, boundaries, 80; climate, 81, 413-414; physical contour, 82, 412- 413; rivers, 83-89; trees, 90; fruits, 91; herbs, 92-93; animals, 93-94; birds, 94; fishes, 95; com- mercial advantages, 97-98; in- habitants, 98-108; religion, 108- 113; natural advantages, 213, 220, 283, 286, 395; fertility of the soil, 336, 350; houses, 415, 424; for- tifications, 415, 424; government, 113-118, 249-278, 400-405, 417, 417 n., 429, 433, 437, 456-460; condition of affairs, 379, 380-381, 414, 417-418, 422-425, 431, 433- Warraskoyack, Indian town, location 436, 438-443, 444; difficulties in of, 38, 360 n., 412.
Ward, William, 140, 147, 162, 256; elected a burgess, 250; is denied a seat in the assembly, 251; order concerning, 252; voyage to New England, 337; experiences on the Potomac, 338.
Ward's Plantation, delegates from, 250.
settling, 177-179; courts estab- Warraskoyack Indians, 83, 84. lished in, 356; commodities, 367- Warwick, Earl of, 237, 247, 429. 368; commission appointed to gov- ern, 455-460, 455 n.; Indian mas- sacre, 357-373, 437, 444; after effects of the massacre, 373-374; manufactures, 416-417; large im- migration to, 350, 417-418, 436; false reports concerning, 336, 391- 392, 439-440, 444, 451. Virginia Company, 207--209, 221 n., 250
Washer, Ensign, elected a burgess, 250.
Washington, George, 436 n. Waters, Edward, escape, 377. Watkins, Henry, 426. Watkins, James, 140, 141, 144, 147,
Watson, Thomas, supposed author of A True Relation, 27; books wrong.
fully printed under the name of, | Wickam, William, member of coun- 31.
Waynman, Sir Ferdinando, 202, 401. Webbe, Thomas, 126, 194; revolt cf, 303.
Wecuttanow, attempt of, to poison Smith, 176.
Weeks, S. B., The Lost Colony of Roanoke: Its Fate and Survival, 17 n.
Welbie, William, 209.
Weraskoyack, warns Smith, 162. Werawhone, Indian village, Smith at, 40.
Werowance, 15 n., 49 n., 84, 105; Indian belief concerning, 112-113; power of, 115. Werowocomoco, 114; Smith arrives at, 47, 53, 61, 134, 163; location, 47 n., 85; Powhatan's triumph at, 116. West, Francis, 159, 162, 170, 172, 175, 176, 208, 294, 295; efforts to obtain provisions, 186; settlement of, 192, 192 n., 193; attitude toward mu- tinous colonists, 195; experiences among the savages, 200; member of the council, 335.
West, Henry, fourth Lord Delaware, 207.
West, John, 208.
West, Nathaniel, 208.
West, Thomas, second Lord Delaware, 207.
West, Thomas, third Lord Delaware,
see Delaware, Lord.
West, William, 208.
West Hundred, 424.
Wiffin, David, approves Smith's pro- posal, 375.
Wiffin, Richard, 76, 119, 134, 140, 170 n., 174, 177; contribution to the Proceedings of the English Colony, 151-179; sent to punish the con- spirators, 189.
Wighcocomoco Indians, 86; physical characteristics, 99. Wighcocomoco River, 142. Wilcox, John, 426.
Wilkinson, William, 126. William and Mary College Quarterly, 340.
Williams, 160. Williamsburg, 14 n. Wimp, 357 n.
Wingfield, Edward Maria, 125; de- posed, 22, 37, 127-128; biographi- cal sketch of, 22 n.; fined for Smith's arrest, 28; president of the colony, 33, 123; accusations made against, 36, 36 n., 127; leaves Jamestown, 71 n.; Smith's injustice toward, 75; conspires against Smith, 129; Dis- course of Virginia, 4, 36 n. Winne, Captain Peter, 157, 159, 160,
161, 169, 183; member of the coun- cil, 152, 171 n.; dealings with the Dutchmen, 181, 182; death, 187. Wollystone, Hugh, 159.
Wolstenholme, Sir John, position as to the tobacco contract, 450, 450 n. Wood, Captain, 194. Woodall, 457.
Jamestown, 338, 338 n. Worley, Richard, 140, 162. Wotton, Thomas, 126. Wriothesley, Henry, see Southamp- ton, Earl of.
West Indies, colonists at, 122; Lord Woodlief, Captain John, arrival at Delaware in, 207. Weyanoke Indians, Smith among the, 34-35; territory of, 34 n.; return to Jamestown, 68; number of, 84. Whitaker, Alexander, 305, 305 n., 451 n.; remarks of, 316; com- plaints, 317, 317 n.; opinion con- cerning the Indians, 316, 364. Whitaker, Jabez, 426, 451 n.
Wrote, Samuel, suspended from the company, 448, 448 n.; character, 458.
Wyatt, Sir Francis, arrival at James- town, 348; succeeds Yeardley, 345.
White Oak Swamp, Smith captured Wyles, Bishop, 140.
White, William, 126, 194; reports of, concerning Indian customs, 23.
Whonkentyaes, 105.
Yarington, George, 159, 162.
Yeardley, Sir George, deputy-governor
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