Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
A VIRGINIA COLONY.
An Interesting Pen-Picture OF Life
on the AppomnttOx Early iI
the Seventeenth Century.

mounted its difficulties, and to be in
fair way toward prosperity. In 1909
the number of colonists had been re-
duced to 60, and these were on the
point of embarking for Newfoundland
when Lord Delaware arrived with sup
plies and more emigrants. In 1911
fresh arrivals, including a large num-
Der of women as well as men, raised
the number to 700, and the colony then
advanced rapidly in prosperity.
Friendly relations had been main
tained with the Indians, this being due
chiefly to the marriage of John Rolfe
and Pocahontas, the daughter of Pow
hatan, the most powerful chief in Nir-
ginia. The chief died in 1918 and was
succeeded by his younger brother.
The settlements of the colonists were
scattered over wide extent of coun-
try on both sides of the James river
The largest of these villages consisted
of wooden huts, raised, round a large
and substantial building, the abode of
Mr.. Reginald Neville, who had been
one of the settlers that had come out
in 1907. He brought with him in craft
of 60 tons that he chartered for the
purpose Is farm laborers and their
wives, together with implements of
husbandry and store of commodities
likely to be pleasing to the natives.
Neville. a gentleman of much reso-
luton and energy, had emigrated in
consequence of a quarrel that had taken
place between himself and one of the
Scotch noblemen who had come to Eng
land with James I. In spite of the lack
of success that attended the previous
expeditions. he believed that there was
a great future for those who were early
in the field in the colony; and the fact
that those who had been taken out by
Grenville in 1885 had, after great hard
ships, been brought back to England
by Sir Francis Drake; that so taken out
the following year by Grenyille all per-
ished, and that of 115 others left there
the following year no trace whatever
could be found in 1890, in no way shook
his belief in the future. Consequently
when he decided upon leaving England
he disposed of all his property and
joined the little party who went out in
1907 under the auspices of the London
company.
1t was not long before he separated
himself from tbe others. They were
nersons of very different rank and oual-
ity. ouarrels freouently sprung I'D
among them, and all would have per-
ished had not one of their number,
John Smith n man of GREAT energy as
sumed the direction of their affairs.
ReuinaId Neville saw at once that if
success was to be obtained it was only
to be found by separating himself en-
tirely from these people. And accord
inplv he iourneyed with his own party
some 50 miles south of the James river
or. as il was then called. the Pow
batan-and purchased from the chief
of that name a tract of ground in ex-
cbouCe for The clothes aXes and other
articles he had brought out for that
aurnose.
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by it's owner in remembrance of his
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