Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-02

in those days. Gosnoid in his let.s'
20 his father says For ourseNe1,
(thanks be TO God, we had not man sIoa
two days together in all our voyseo,
whereas Others that went out with Us. "
about that timo on other voyages. tespec'.
ally such as went upon reprisal, were NO. -
OF them infected with sickness, where" ~
they lost some Of their men. and brougl'
home many sick. returning notwlthstahu-
ing long before us." How did he know 81
much about such men?
Gosnold and his associates arrived u,
England with the scantiest supplies %
food. Yet they had returned from q grassy
land. fat and lusty," that had peas, rasIl-
berries. Strawberries, (red aud white. bet
ter than those % England) and other
small fruits; ground-nnts growing every
where rs large as hens-eggs and ~ goou
o. potatoes fowls, from geese 20 teals
shcll-hsh and other fish, " N great plenty.
and exceedingly good" Besides their
velSel they had quite large boat, capaols
o. carrying goodly number Of men; Dut
on thor return thov cut IL adrift.
IL was partly owing 10 the perseverlng
aud adventurous spirit Of tOsnOld that the
colony NJ Jamestown was planted, but nei-
thor ne nor Archer seems 10 have teen an
admirable character. At jamestown they
were anti-Smith fattiouists. Archer GER
lhINAN Nfr SUM AWAY rum AlAN fVbtAiAl $50
but returned in 1909. GOslOld died a.
early 90 August -, 1907.
There we're other expeditions prior 10
1907 20 Northern virginia, more important.
perhaps. than that OF Gosnold.
There was ono If Martin PRINCE, sent out
in 1903 by merchants and citizens of Bris-
toll. There was one in the same year BY
Captain Bartholomew Gilbert in the
harQue Elizabeth OF fifty TUNES" and OF
which Master Thomas Conner. gentleman
was the hstOfiographer. tie claims 20
have gotten TO the mouth OF Chesapeake
Bay. but made no discoveries in that latl-
tude
There was another in 1905 by Captain
Goorce Weymouth, who was sent out 10y
the Earl Of southampton and Lord Thomas
Arundel. who were afterwards, l De-
heVc. promoters Of the colony at james.
town. James Roster wrote the account 81
tais. and be and his fc.loy-vOyager We're
born over tire lUnv pillows 10y the can
vas wings of the "Arch-angell.
But none o.. these expeditions gained inc
slightest information of our southern w
GINA. which was at that day and that era
Of navigation a very great distance from
New England. John breretOn also wrote
an account Of Gc.u1ld's voyage, and FUR
chas published q iarys part of II. but rs
crihod it TO James Ros.er, though Brere-
toms signaturo is attached 10 the very part
which Unpublished.
The early voyagers 70 this continent
were awful" rOmanccrs. They ascrlbed
even 10 Northern Virginia every charm ana
advantage and put her IN plentiful posses
SION Of nearly all the fora and ianna now
known from Florida 20 Labrador, and
their exa-.o4ati0us ga to both land and
water were poorly sustained ry the mlgfa-
tory habits Of fish, hesh, or fowl. | am
strongly tempted % give Won some OF their
catalogues, but Will lorbeGr, and conclude
with one thing that Las struck me-yiz'
how early were commenced those
northern thrusts at the south which
Now England sccti0nalism has ever
since cherished and intensified. 1t Is
in one a. tie papers of early date, but not
ciycn. published by tho Massachusetts
Historical Society, and IS Is follows;
Which reasons II they had been f0reseen
Of them that planted ID the south part OF
Virginia (which IS place destitute of good
| harb0rs and .ur from All tradel, no doubt
| hut If thew had settled nearer unto this
frooucntod trade in tie Newfoundland,
thew had bv tlB time been q fourishng
State. and plentiful IN AZ things: who also
might then have Waic way into the bowels
Of that large continent, whore assuredly
We shall scoyer very goodly and rich
kingdoms and citie5.' Is. Is. NJ
LiCuNOSD. Va.