The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-09

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!, nreYS,, or JOHN sarTH DURIsa T4Ig VOYAGE
nm THe rsasr COT eNlsTs@ -sETfI EMENTso OF
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,ST on ONE or rxfS :su8vIv0Rs Or THE exT-
TIENENT At ROANOKE BIZ Wits IN 1852.
TRIALS. sUFrERTSGs, AND PETTY sDfssES-,
sit,NS ANoNG THE c0L0HlsTS--EgV0RTssr 70.
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cantain bartholomew ssosnoid, on the
s3d Of July, 1908, returned from Q voyage
70 the North Atlantic coast, and not only
aetonisl1ed the merchants OF London by the
stasemeyt that he had made the trip In I'VE
weeks from America, by Q new northern
route that he had discovered, but by his
cal,n and reasonable declarations as to the
heaIthfalness Of the region visited.
From that time Gosnoid used oil his en-
ercjes to organize q company to make q
settlement under the English flag between
the French colonists on the shores OF the
Saint Lawrence and the Spanish plantation
near the Gull OF Mexico. After long and
earnest solicitation upon his part the Viz
yinia Company was organized. and on the
18th OF December, 1905, he embarked with.
company OF colonists In three saips-the
Susan Constant Of one hundred tons In
charge Of Captain Newport, who vas also;
the commander Of the fleet; the God-Speed,
OF f;.ty tons, in charge of himself and a
pinnace OF twenty tons, called the Discov-
ery, in charge OF Captain John Radcliffe.
On the 18th OF April, 1907, at 4Io'clock in
the morning, Virginia was deserted. The
expedition entered the broad Chesapeake
Bay: and that night, in accordance with
instructions from the London corporatioD,
The three captains did asfopen and unseal I"
a box . and declare and publish unto all the
conpany the names therein set down !" as
..IIis Maiesty,s Council Of the, first colony
in Virginia." The persons Designate were
Edward Maria Wingfeld, Bartholomew
Gosnold, Christopher Newport, John Rat
clifie, John Martin, John Kendall, and John
Smith. soy g4sg
The authorities in England in their
aOrders'' said - When you have made
choice Of the river ON which you mean to
settle, be not basty in landing your victuais.
but first let Captain Newport discover how
far that river may be found navigable. -
But If you choose your place so far up as a
bark OF fifty tons will float, then you may
lay all your provisions ashore with ease,
and the better receive the trade OF all the
countries about you in the land, and such q
place YOU may perchance find 6 hundred
miles from the rivers mouth, and the fur
ther I'D the better..'' Slowly the vessels
assembled the James river in search Of a land
ing-place and site for settlement. On the
9Th OF May party landed in the country OF
Apamatica and saw "many stout and able
savages,,o and after an exploration returned
to the ships at Point Comfort, and then the
whole expedition asceEded. Gabriel Ar
cher and others were pleased with point
called Archer's Hope, and urged it as
proper place to land, but it was not selected
because the ships would not ride near the
shore. On the 18th OF May they found a
point where the. ships would lie in six
fathoms OF water, and be moored TO the
trees. On this peninsula it was determined
II. land, and George Percy named the place
James Fort, which Dutchman writing in
Latin called Jacobolis. The authority dele
gated to Newport, chief naval commander,
now ceased, and the civil government was or
gained. The Council, as directed, pro-
ceeded to elect a president, and the choice
fell upon Edward Maria Wingfeld, q man
OF honorable birth, soldier by profession,
a strict disciplinarian, who had been COM
panion OF Ferdinando Gorges in the wars
upon the Continent in the days OF Queen
Elizabeth, and at later period an officer
OF the English army in Ireland. The pre-
sident, as required BY tile Orders, 2 imme-
diately upon his election, in the presence OF
not less than twenty OF the principal colo
nists, took I" bis corporal oath upon the
Holy Eyangeiists" that he would be true
and faithful servant Of the King, and that
at the meetings OF the Council he would
''truly declare his mind and opinion ac-
cording to his heart and conscience in all
things treated OF" and faithfully execute
his office according to the articles and in
structions. After he had taken the oath he
proceeded to administer similar oath to
all the councillors but John Smith. The.
reason Of this omission was explained by
Wingfeld that one OF the expedition named
Galthrop had confessed that he and others
during the voyage had intended mutiny,.
and that Smith was to have. been m associ-s
ate. 49, "a
The authorities in England in their So IN
structions y said: After the arrival OF the
said ships upon the coast OF Virginia, and
the Councillors names published, the said
Captain Newport shall, with such number
OF men as shall be assigned him by the Pre-
sident and Council Of the said Colony,
spend and bestow two months in discovery
OF sach ports and rivers as can be found in
that country, and shall give orders for the 4
present. lading and furnishing of the two
ships above named, and all such principal
commo dities and merchand ize as, can there
be had and found, In such sort as he may
return with the said ships full laden with
good merchandise. bringing with him full
relation Of all that hath passed in said yoy.
age by the end OF May next, il God per-
NIT President Wingfeld, as ordered, as.
signed to Newport for his yoyagesof dis
covery George Percy, Gabriel Archer,
John Smith, John Brooks, Thomas " oot-
ton, tie surgeon, and eighteen mariners
and sailors. They left james Fort about
noon on the 22d and passed. w hit-SuEday,4
the oath day OF May, ON the site Of the city
OF Richmond, and were most kindly enter
tanned by the Indian chief of the neighbor-
hood. On Sunday afternoon they erected
q cross with the inscript ion, q JacobIs Rex,
1907 D.; called the stream King, sriYer,- and
ssproclaimed King JameS of England to
have the most right INTO 1t. 2, z,
AT one Of the Indian villages below the
Fails was boy about ten years OF age, with
yellow hair and whitish skin, who was no
doubt the offspring OF one of the colonists
left at Roanoke by White Ia A. D. 1887. OF
whom four men, two boys, and one youngI
maid had been preserved from slaughter by
an Indian chief. On the 27th:of May, New
port md his party returned to the unffn-
isheC stockade and learned that the Sagagesl