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. filbert kernells in a maner, strawberryes and mulberyes [1607] new shaken of the tree dropping on our heads as we satt: He made ready a land turtle which we eate, and shewed that he was hartely reioyced in our Company. He was Desirous to haue a musket shott of[f], shewing first the maner of their owne skirmishes, which we perceive is 367] violent Cruell and full of Celerity; they vse a tree to Defend them in fight, and having shott an Enemy that he fall, they maull him with a short wodden sworde. Our Captayne caused a gentleman Discharge his peece Souldyer like before him, at which noyse he started, stopt his eares, and exprest much feare, so likewise all about him; some of his people being in our boate leapt over boorde at the wonder hereof: but our course of kyndnes after, and letting him to witt that wee neuer vse this thunder but against our enemyes, yea and that we would assist him with thes to terrify and kill his Adversaryes, he rejoyced the more, and we found it bred a better affectyon in him towards vs ; so that by his signes we vnderstood he would or long be with us at our ffort. Captayne Newport bestowed on him a redd wa[i]stcote, which highly pleased him, and so Departed, gyving him also. 2. shouts as the boate went of[fj. This night we went some mile, and ankored at a place I Call kynd womans care which is mile from Mulbery shade. Here we came within night, yet was there ready for vs of bread new made, sodden wheate and beanes, mullberyes, and some fishe vndressed more then all we could eate. Moreover thes people seemed not to craue any thing in requitall, Howbeit our Captain volun¬ tarily distributed guifts. Tuesday we parted from kynd womans care, and by May. 26. Directyon of Nauiraus (who still accompanyed in the boate with vs) went a shore at a place I call Queene Apumatecs bowre. He caryed vs along through a plaine lowe grownd prepared for seede, part wherof had ben lately Cropt: and assending a pretty Hill, we sawe the Queene of this y,p. ixv> 7i Country comminge in selfe same fashion of state as 2s,ioo) Pawatah or Arahatec; yea rather with more maiesty : she had an vsher before her who brought her to the matt prepared vnder a faire mulbery tree, where she satt her
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