Narratives of Early Virginia, 1606-1625C. Scribner's Sons, 1907 - 478 pages |
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... divers workes . They are continually in warres , and will eate their enemies when they kill them , or any stranger if they take them . They will lap up mans spittle , whilst one spits in their mouthes , in a barbarous fashion like ...
... divers workes . They are continually in warres , and will eate their enemies when they kill them , or any stranger if they take them . They will lap up mans spittle , whilst one spits in their mouthes , in a barbarous fashion like ...
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... divers kinds and colours , and as goodly trees as I have seene , as Cedar , Cipresse , and other kindes . Going a little further we came into a little plat of ground full of huge fine and beautifull Strawberries , foure times bigger and ...
... divers kinds and colours , and as goodly trees as I have seene , as Cedar , Cipresse , and other kindes . Going a little further we came into a little plat of ground full of huge fine and beautifull Strawberries , foure times bigger and ...
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... divers other Fowles and Birds of divers and sundrie collours of crimson , Watchet , Yellow , Greene , Murry , ' and of divers other hewes naturally without any art using . We found store of Turkie nests and many Egges . If it had not ...
... divers other Fowles and Birds of divers and sundrie collours of crimson , Watchet , Yellow , Greene , Murry , ' and of divers other hewes naturally without any art using . We found store of Turkie nests and many Egges . If it had not ...
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... divers colours and kindes . There are also many fruites as Strawberries , Mulberries , Rasberries , and Fruites unknowne . There are many branches of this River , which runne flowing through the Woods with great plentie of fish of all ...
... divers colours and kindes . There are also many fruites as Strawberries , Mulberries , Rasberries , and Fruites unknowne . There are many branches of this River , which runne flowing through the Woods with great plentie of fish of all ...
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... divers of our people . It pleased God , after a while , to send those people which were our mortall enemies to releeve us with victuals , as Bread , Corne , Fish , and Flesh in great plentie , which was the setting up of our feeble men ...
... divers of our people . It pleased God , after a while , to send those people which were our mortall enemies to releeve us with victuals , as Bread , Corne , Fish , and Flesh in great plentie , which was the setting up of our feeble men ...
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Adventurers amongst arrived arrowes Assembly barge better boats brought bushels businesse called Canow Captaine Argall Captaine Martin Captaine Newport Captaine Smith cause Colony copper corne Counsell desired discourse divers doth England English extreame farre feare fish generall Governour hath himselfe honour hundred Indians inhabited James citty James Towne John John Rolfe Kecoughtan King labour land live Lord Maister Scrivener Master Matie miles Monacans moneths Nathaniel Powell neere night Nuport Orapakes Pamaunke Paspahegh Patawomek peece perswaded Pinnace plant Plantation Pocahontas pounds Powhatan present President provision rest returned river Salvages Samuel Argall selfe sent severall shewed ship shipps shore shot Sir Thomas Dale Sir Thomas Smith skinnes slaine souldiers swords thereof thing Thomas Gates Tobacco trade trees twenty tyme unto victuall Virginia Company warre Werowance William woods yeere
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Page 11 - Deares haire colloured red, in fashion of a Rose fastened about his knot of haire, and a great Plate of Copper on the other side of his head, with two long Feathers in fashion of a paire of Homes placed in the midst of his Crowne.
Page 322 - King's most dear and well-beloved daughter, being but a child of twelve or thirteen years of age, whose compassionate pitiful heart, of my desperate estate, gave me much cause to respect her ; I being the first Christian this proud King and his grim attendants ever saw : and thus...
Page 78 - 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.8 here are mountaines, hils, plaines, valleyes, rivers and brookes, all running most pleasantly into a faire Bay compassed but for the mouth with fruitfull and delightsome land.
Page 10 - 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.
Page 128 - Country;) or starue himselfe with them for company, for want of lodging: or but adventuring abroad to make them provision, or by his opposition to preserue the action, and saue all their liues; I leaue to the censure of all honest men to consider.
Page 120 - ... the place is very pleasant, and strong by nature, of this place the Prince is called Powhatan, and his people Powhatans.
Page 101 - Canada, some great lake, or some inlet of some sea that falleth into the South sea. These Massawomekes are a great nation and very populous. For the heads of all those...
Page 162 - 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...
Page 8 - Archer in both his hands, and a sayler in two places of the body very dangerous. After they had spent their Arrowes, and felt the sharpnesse of our shot, they retired into the Woods with a great noise, and so left us.
Page 323 - James towne with her wild traine she as freely frequented, as her fathers habitation; and during the time of two or three yeeres, she next under God, was still the instrument to preserve this Colonie from death, famine and utter confusion...