The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-05-15

returned 10 Virginia md raiied
against England, English people, and par |
ticIIlarly Sir Thomas Dale. 81
The Tndian girls who acc meanled Pocat
hontas remained In England, but did not
develop as we'll as was expected. Five
wears after their coming it was proposed in
the Virginia Company's meeting to bring
over some Indian lads, but the project was
opposed by Sir Edwin Sandys. who re-
marked: q To send for them into England,
and to hsvc them educated here, he found
upon experience OF those brought by SIR
Thomas Dale, might be far from the Chris.
tian work intended.
Ipon May ii, 1920, Sir William Throck-
morton, Dale's br0ther.in-iaw, informed
the company that one Of the Indian girls
was consumptive, and very weak, OF the
residence OF the Rev. Mr. George, OF Black
Friar's, who took great pains {" to comfort
her both in soul and body"t;s and the COM
pany agreed to allow twenty shillings
week for her support until death.
In June, 1921, two !" Virginia maids
were still in the custody OF the company,
and it was resolved to send them to Ber-
mudas by the first opportunity. During
the year 1917 Dale remained in England,
sick and feeble.
On the 30th OF September OF 1917, at
meeting OF the East India Company, Sir
Richard Hawkins, Captain Best, and Sir
Thomas Dale were among those applying
for the command OF their fleet. Captain
Best was first selected, but as he refused to.
sign certain articles Of agreement on Noveni-
Der 2Sth Sir Thomas Dale was chosen COM
mander ut salary OF s480 rer annum.
After he accepted the position he objected
to Captain Parker, the second in command,
because he was sold and corpulent," but
his complaint was not sustained. In few
weeks Dale went to the Netherlands with
letter from Sir Henry Savile. recommending
him as & the friend Of the Earl of Southamp-
ton, and one who has done good service on
the plantations Of Virginia"
Sir Dudley Carleton, on the 26th Of Janu-
airy, 1918, presented petition to the States
General for pay during Dale's absence in
America, and complimented his services
and the means employed, "and by that"
he stated, she hath preserved Virginia to
God by the exercise of religion, which is
introduced there, and to man by the aug
mentation of commerce."
When the East India Company found that
be prolonged his visit to the Low Countries
they thought of revoking his appointment,
but on the 18th OF January he wrote that he
would soon return to England, and OH the
Sd OF February his wife asks for ESQ OF his
salary to make suitable provision for her
husbands arrival.
The petition was duly considered, and
the States General, on the 9th Of February,
1913, resolved to grant him half pay for
seven years; but three days after they de-
cided to give him full pay, amounting to
one thousand pounds sterling.
The English Ambassador at the hague
writes TO one of the secretaries OF King
James: "Hears that he [Dale] left the
States service the very day OF the receipt OF
his money, sans dire ddaeat, 1t belng given
out that he is employed in the East Indies
by the Kings command. Shall gladly re-
ceiye some civil excuse, the Kings name
being interested both in Sir Thomas Dale's
good treatment by the States and in his i'll
manner OF leaving their service.'
To this note Secretary Lake replied:
{" Your Lordship wrote to me, Of late, OF
fault of Sir Thomas Dale which his Majesty
and all men have condemned in him."
In March he sailed for the East Indies,
leaving his wife in not very comrnodlous
quarters in Black Friars.
On the oath Of September, 1918, 0. S.,
Parker, the old and fat vice-admiral OF the
fleet, died, and on the 18th OF November
one Of the ships, the Sun, struck On the
rocks uear the Isle OF Engano, in the Malay
Archipelago, and Dale lost all his clothes
except those he wore. Four days after his
feet arrived at Bantam Roads, off the Isle Of
Java, where he found Captain Martin Pring
in the Royal James with another fleet Of the
East India Company. On the 9Th OF De-
cember Dale captured the "Black Lion"
belonging to the Dutch, with valuable
cargo, and on the Goth he held council OF
war with Captain Martin Pring and the
other captains in the Bay Of Jacatra,
and it was decided to attack the Dutch
fleet. Patrick COPELAND, the founder OF
the first free school in North America,
at Charles CITY. va, was chaplain OF the
Royal james, Captain Pring's ship, and gave
an eXhortation before the battle began.
Before the ship Sun sunk, James RyDd, the
chaplain OF the Sun, in answer to false
charge OF the purser's mate, wrote "that
he read prayers with some portions Of
Scriptures twice day except during his
sickness, when Sir Thomas Dale did So"
Under the direction Of Dale were eleven
ships, and the Dutch had seven. The fight
took place on the 23d Of December, about
three leagues from the Isle Of Java, and
lasted from IL in the morning until III the
afternoon. In the conflict Roger Dale, who
appears to have been relative OF the COM
mander, lost his leg and died. The Dutch
were defeated and sailed away.
Three or four days after some desperate
sailors broke open the hold of the prize
ship Black Lion about 2 O'Clock in the morE-
ing to steal ssrackapee," and as they were.
drawing the liquor set it on fire, which soon
destroyed the ship and cargo.
Ga the goth Dale landed at Jacatra, on the
Isle Of Java, and the Dutch fort surren-
dered. He then returned to Bantam. After
this battle he sent home to Lady Dale some
Japan.ware. and desires to know how Vir-!
ginia prospers. ! Patrick COPELAND, the chap
lain OF the Royal James, writes from Ban
tam Roads to Adrian Jacobson, the
Dutch chaplain, and laments the dissen-
sions among Christians in the presence:
of the Heather, and charging the captain
OF the Dutch fort at Jacatra with breaking
bis pledge to Sir Thomas Dale, and wishes
him to remember sail standeth not on one
side. There must be yielding of both il
ever there be sound peace.'' About the
middle Of April Dale left Jacatra. At a
council held in Bantam Roads on the Goth
OF May, 1919, it was decided that he should
SO to Ensano with the ships Moon. Glove,
Globe, Advice, Peppercorn, and Dragons
Claw, to try to recover the moneys in the
wreck OF the Sun. q
The next day the sailor who was the ring
leader in breaking open the. hold OF the
Black Lion and setting il on fire was sem,
fenced by court-martial to be hung ana his
confederates TO receive seventy lashes.
Dale's voyage. to Engano was ruthless,
finding nothing but q little OF bis own plate
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