The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-05-05

Is gone complete change toward the &C
E. onlsts. He had never been so fren'
e ly, however, toward the whites as ha
# been his brother, Granganimeo, an
J. his father Ensiore. Granganimeo ha
l. died August and Ensinore in Marcel
e and thus the two strong friends of tn
) English were removed. Wingina, upo
the death of his brother, changed hi
J. name to Pemisopan, and became
J. deadly enemy Of the settlers Hi
y father, however, restrained him an
y held down his anlmosities to some eS
|. tent. But when the aged chief ha,
: died there was no one to offer restraint
: Manteo staid with the English as on
OF them, while Wanchese, the other In
: dian who had gone England with Anna
das and Barlowe, was with Pemlsopan
against the whites. He was one of the
chief conspirators and helped to set the
, trap in which he expected Lane would
be caught
/ Pemisapan was artful and laid his
plan well. Pretending undying friend.
ship for the English, he volunteered to
give Governor Lane some information
concerning the country along the
Roanoke river, representing that rlyer
as rising in a vast rock near great sea
to the west, SO near indeed that the
briny waves OF the sea sometimes beat
over into the headwaters of the river.
Along the river, near it's source, were a
people, rich In miAerals and other
things, and that gold could be gotten
| almost for the asking.
Unfortunately the governor believed
this tale OF the artful savage, and set
out upon another voyage of discovery
up the Moratoc river, as the Roanoke
was called by the natives Meanwhile
Pemlsapan sent word to the Chaonists
and Mongoaks, Indian tribes on the
Roanoke, that Governor Lane was COM
ing against them with hostile intent,
and stirred them up against him. It
was, therefore, with delight that Pc
misapan and Wanchese saw the Eng
lish go deliberately into the trap set
for them, expecting them to fall easy
victims into the hands of these power
full savages.
1t was another case, however, of the
intended victim turning the tables up
On the pIotter. Lane sailed up the riv-
er about 13O miles, vanqulshed the
savages in an attack upon him, and re-
turned in safety. He was gone a week,
His journey took him along the bor-
ders of the counties OF Washington,
BERTHE, Martin, Halifax and Northamp-
ton. AS he approached the Indians
fled farther up the river, believing that
he came to bring war upon them.
After proceeding up the river four
days, ard having REACHED the locality
near the present town of Weldon, they
first saw the savages. About night on
that day they heard Indians on the
shore calling to them. Manteo, who
along, answered them, and they began
to sing a song. Manteo, understand
ing their meaning to be hostile, in
formed Governor Lane of their designs
in time to escape a shower of arrows
hat were shot among them without in
ury. Immediately Lane dispatched
Body OF men that he calls "the light
lorsemen" ashore to charge the enemy.
They reached the shore, charged up the
1ill, and put the Indians to fight,
chasing them some distance into the
crest. Then they returned to the
)oats. s
By this time their provisions had {
given out entirely, and they had to re-
urn to camp, reaching there only af-
er enduring the severest hunger, hav-
ng feasted one day upon boiled dog
md sassafras leaves. Their return was
| great surprise to Pemisapan and
Wanchese, who had lndustriously cir :
,ulated the report that the English
lad been completely destroyed by the
indians of the upper Roanoke. They
wen began, during the absence of
Lane, to rldlcule the Christian religion
which the settlers had tried to estab- /
ish among the Indians, saying to their
followers that the God of the English ,
nen was no god, because he had allow
ID them to be destroyed in the forest.
Pemlsapan was not completely dis
by the return OF Lane, how
,ver. He concocted another plan
which came nearer succeeding. On the
oretense of celebrating the funeral SER
,ices of bis father he appointed the 6
10Th of June as day for the assem-
,llng OF all the nelghboring tribes on {
Roanoke island, telling them secretly {
what his real object was, which was to
iestroy the settlers. Pemisapan had Ii
,onfided the secret to Skyco, an Indian
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