The General History Of Virginia, New England And The Summer Isles V2 (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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Excerpt from The General Historie of Virgina, New-England, and the Summer Iles, Vol. 2: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours From Their First Beginning, an 1584; To This Present 1626; With the Proceedings of Those Severall Colonies and the Accidents That Befell Them in All Their Journyes and Discoveries; Also the Maps
The day before Captaine Smith returned for England with the ships, Captaine Dauis arriued in a small Pinace, with some sixtccne proper men more: To these were added a company from lames towne, vndcr the command of Captaine Iohn Sickelmore alias Ratliffe, to inhabit Point Comfort. - Captaine Martin and Captaine West, hauing lost their boats and ncore halfc their men among the Salvages, were returned to lames tov lie; for the Saluages no sooner vnderstood Smith was gone, but they all reuolted, and did spoile and inurther all they incountered. Now wee were all constrained to line onely on that Smith had onely lor his owne Companic, for the rest had consumed their proportions, and now they had twcntic Presidents with all their appurtenances: Master Picrcic our new President, was so sicKC hec could neither goe nor stand. But ere all was consumed, Captaine I Test and Captaine Sickclmore, each with a small ship and thirtie or ibrtie men well appointed, sought abroad to trade.