Volume 1

Travels and works of Captain John Smith, President of Virginia, and Admiral of New England / edited by Edward Arber.

  • John Smith
Date:
1910
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Credit: Travels and works of Captain John Smith, President of Virginia, and Admiral of New England / edited by Edward Arber. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    22 June 1607. of it in the myddest was their vnited Leaug, and the [1607] shoute the reverence he Dyd to Pawatah, which cheered Nauimus not a little. Also (which I have omytted) our Captayne before Pawatah Departed shewed him that if he would, he would gyve the Wiroans of Monanacah into his handes, and make him king of that Country, making signes to bring to his ayde. 500. men, which pleased the king muche, and vpon this (I noted) he told vs the tyme of the yere when his enemyes assaile him. So farr as we could Discerne the River above the over- fall, it was full of huge Rockes: About a myle of[fJ, it makes a pretty bigg Hand ; It runnes up betweene highe Hilles which increase in height one aboue another so farr as wee sawe. Now our kynde Consortes relatyon sayth (which I dare well beleeve, in that I found not any one report false [//. xii, xmi$ of the River so farr as we tryed, or that he tolde vs lv'] vntruth in any thing ells whatsoeuer) that after a Dayes iorney or more, this River Devydes it selfe into two branches, which both come from the mountaynes Quirank. Here he whispered with me that theer caquassan was gott in the bites of Rockes and betweene Cliffes in certayne vaynes. Having ended thus of force our Discovery, our Captayne intended to call of kyng Pawatah, and sending Nauiraus vp to him he came Downe to the water syde; where he \pp. ixix,7.] went a shore single vnto him, presented him with a Hatchet, and staying but till Nauiraus had tolde (as we trewly perceived) the meaning of our setting vp the Crosse, which we found Dyd exceedingly reioyce him, he came a boorde, with the kyndest farewell that possible might be. Now at our putting of[f] the boate, Nauiraus willed vs to make a shout, which we Dyd two severall times, at which ye king and his company weaved their skinnes about their heades answering our shout with gladnesina frendly fashion. This night (though late) we came to Arahatec Toy, where we found the king ready to entertayne vs, and had pro¬ vided some victualls for vs, but he tolde vs he was very sick, and not able to sitt vp long with us, so we repaired aborde. Monday he came to the water syde, and we went a May 25. shore to him agayne. He tolde vs that our hott Drynckes
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