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for the Fire had not otiely burnt the Houfes of the new Planters, but alfo the Pal- 

 lifado's about James.Tovn, made for a Defence againft the Enemies AlTaults, and J****** 

 mod of their Store j which was lo much the worfe, becaufe it hapned in the ^ 

 Winter, and indeed had prov d very fatal, had not a Ship, which was fuppos'd to 

 be loft, happily arriv'd there with a confiderable quantity of Provifions. 



Whilft the Town was rebuilding^/; fee Sail in an open Barque with fourteen «»ftv* 

 Men, and difcover'd two Ifles before Point Charles, to which he gave his Name ,. ^ 

 then ran into the Inlet Qhefapeack, in the midft of which lay feveral Iflands, by the His rem* 

 Sea-men cali'd <$jijfels. Before the River Wighcomoco they found a difturbed Sea, and JS*"" 

 more Northerly a Bay with frefli and hot Water, and at lafl he met with two Virgi- 

 mans, which conducted the Englifi along a Creek to Onawmoment, where fome hun- 

 dreds of them lay in Ambufcade, according to Powhatan's appointment, to cutoff 

 Smith ; who leaping forth on a fudden appear'd like Devils, all painted . but the 

 Bullets flying about made them all run away. $//«>/>, whofe Defign was onely to difi. 

 cover the Countrey, and the Silver Mine of Patawomeck, ten Leagues up into the 

 Countrey, found the Metal to be of little value, fo that he returned with little Sue 

 cefs, being newly cur'd of a poyfonous Wound in the Arm, which was given him 

 by a Fifh not unlike a Shark, whilft he lay aground near Toppahanock. 



A while after being inform'd of Powhatan's Defign to deftroy the Englifr, (though 

 he had been lately Prefented by Newport with a Silver Bafin, a rich Chair, Bed, and 

 Furniture belonging to it, with other things of value) he, to prevent him, chofe 

 forty eight out of two hundred Men which were Garrifon'd in James*Twn, then 

 going to Wcro^ocomoco, Landed with much trouble, the River being frozen above 

 half a Mile from the Shore. 



A German Soldier amongft Smith's Company giving private notice to Powhatan 

 of the Defign of the Englijh, made his Efcape by flight : But Smith going on td 

 Pamaunhe, found King Opechancangough with feven hundred Men in Arms, threat- 

 ning a fierce Battel ; but Smith making directly up to him, fet his Piftol on his 

 Breaft, and fore'd him to lay down his Arms. Powhatan by this time provided 

 with Swords and Mufquets by two Dutch-men, alio began to beftir himfelf afreflh • 

 but his Intentions being too foon known, he was again quieted, and fore'd a fecond 

 time to fend Smith a String of Pearl ; after which a Peace was concluded between 

 all the Natives and the Englijh 



Many other Quarrels and Encounters there were in the Infancy of the Planta- 

 tion between the Indians and the English, wherein it would be endlefs to recount all 

 the Treacheries and Ambufcades of the Salvages, fome of which had prov'd very 

 pernicious to the Planters, had they not been betray 'd to Captain Smith by Poca- 

 honta, King Powhatan s Daughter, who upon all occafions fhew'd her felf a great 

 Friend to the Englifr, having fav'd the Captain's Life,when, being her Father's Pri- 

 foner, he was juft brought to Execution. 



This Lady was afterwards brought into England, Chriftncd by the Name of 

 3(eMtffc, and Married to one Mr. %olf, and died at Gravejend in an intended Voy- 

 age back to her own Countrey, 



Nor did their Cruelties and Treacheries end when th« Plantation came to be 

 morefetled, ior on the two and twentieth of March about the Year 1611. in the 

 time of Sir Francis Wyat's Government, they generally combin'd to deftroy all the 

 Englifl) there 5 and carried on this devilifli Defign with fuch diflimulation and dex- 

 terity, that in one day they cut off feven hundred Men, Women, and Children, 

 there being at that time not above fifteen hundred in the Countrey. 



Since which time, in the Year of our Lord 1643. there hapned another bloody 



Maffacre, 



