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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    [1607] Monday, Master Clovell Dyed that was shott with. 6. 8* Arrowes sticking in him. This afternoone. 2. salvages presented themselues vnarmed a farr of [f] Crying Wingapoh; there were also three more having bowe and arrowes: these we Conjectured came from some of those kinges with whom we had perfect league : but one of our Gentlemen garding in the woodes and having no Com- aundement to the contrary shott at them : at which (as their Custome is) they fell downe, and after run away: yet farther of[f] we heard them crye Wingapoh notwithstanding. 9. Tuesday in cutting downe a greate oke for Clapboord, there issued out of the hart of the tree the quantity of two barricoes of liquor, in taste as good as any vyneger, save a little smack it tooke of the oke. 10. Wensday the Counsell scanned the Gentlemans Petityon : Wherin Captayne Newport shewing himselfe no lesse Carefull of our Amitye and Combyned frendship, then became him in the deepe Desire he had of our good ; vehemently with ardent affectyon wonne our hartes by his fervent perswasyon, to vniformity of Consent, and Callmed that, out of our Loue to him, with ease, which I doubt without better satisfactyon had not contentedly ben caryed. Wee confirmed a faythfull loue one to another, and in our hartes subscribed an obedyence to our Superyours this Day. Captaine Smyth was this Day sworne one of the Counsell, who was elected in England. 11. Thursday, Articles and orders for Gentlemen and Soldyers were vpon the Court of Garde, and Content was in the Quarter. 12. Fryday, Cutting downe another tree, the like accident of vineger proceeded. 13. Satterday. 8. salvages lay close among the weedes and long grasse: and spying one or two of our Maryners Master Ihon Cotson and Master Mathew ffitch by them¬ selves, shott Mathew ffytch in the somwhat dangerously, and so rann away this Morning. Our Admiralls [flag¬ ship's] men gatt a Sturgeon of. 7. foote long which Captayne Newport gaue vs. 14 Sondaye, two salvages presented themselves vnarmed, to whome our President and Captaine Newport went out. one of these was that fellow I call in my Relatyon of
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