The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-22

preaching the ships. Some distance on
the boat landed on the island sid next
the ships. and one man leaving
boat walked along the shore to the
point nearest one OF the vessels nah-
ing signs as il he wished to speak ID
those on board. A boat was sent to
land and brought him, with his own
good liking. aDoad the ship, and gave
him a shirt, a hat and some osneV
things, and made him taste Of our WINE
and our meat"
After he had satisfied his curiosity
by going. sightseeing, over the "a
OF the EngliShmen. both fore All.
he took his cav and went to hrs own
boat. las soon as he had pulled ouf
into deep water. he commenced fishing.
and in less than half an hour. he had
laden his boa as deep as II u
swim with fish. Then he came ashore
and divided his fish into two piles. in
dicating thai a Pile each was intended
for the ships That was his simple
way of indicating his thanks and re-
quitting the benefits that he had re-
ceived from his entertainers. After
tha he. departed.
on the next day a chief called Gran
ganimeo. with about fifty men, came
to that part Of the island near the
ships. Some OF the E~nglishmen went
J ashore and exchanged Pledges Of peace
| good will. From the Indians the
learned that the king OF that
| part of the country was named VIM
| gina, who had been wounded a short
| time before in a battle with a ~neighbor-
| ing kin was lying in pain at one
of his villages about five days journey
| away. The natives came aboard the
ships and traded with the sailors. ex-
| changing pr~otestationS OF friendship and
| c~ultivating feelings Of intimacy that
was pleasant and agreeable.
Several days after the first meeting
| Granganimeo brought his wife aboard
| the ship to see h sights. Barlowe
| thus describes this rustic beauty OF the
forest: His wife was very we'll favor
ed, of mean statue, and very bashful.
She had on her back a long cloak of
| leather, with the fur side next her
body, and before her a piece of the
| same. About her forehead she had a
| band of white coral, and SO had her
husband, many times. In her ears
she had bracelets of pearls. hanging
| down to her middle, and those were
of the bigness of good pease." Thus
we see that the natives of North Caro-
lima wore clothes and ornaments them
selves as other devotees Of fashion do.
In another place the costume of the
men is described as being like that of
the women, with a difference as to the
of wearing the hair, the women
wearing their hair long on both sides
and the men but on one.
In narrating the hospitality with
which Granganimeo pleased the Eng
lishmen, in his frequent visits to the
ships and his kindness to them, Bar
lowe mentions some very notable
things. He says, He sem US divers
kinds of fruits, melons, walnuts, Gu
cumbeTs, goards, pease, and divers
roots and fruits very excellent good,
and of their country corn, which is
very white, fair and we'll tasted, and
grows three times in five months; in
May they sow, in July they reap; in
June they SOW, in August the reap;
in July they SOW, in September they
reap; only they cast the corn into the
ground, breaking a little of the soft
turf with a wooden mattock, or pick
axe"
Some days after the exchange of hos
pitality with the natives, an expedition
of exploration was formed. Captain
BagloWe, with seven companions, vas
sent UP a river which they call Oc-
cam" un~questionably meaning some
part of the Albemarle sound, about
twenty miles to the island of ms
On the northern part of that island
they came to ar indian village, where
G~ranganimeo lived, and here they were
royaHy entertained by that chiefs wife,
the same that had been aboard the
English ships a few days before.
Captain Barlowe tells how they were
entertained, from which account a few
extracts are aken. when we were
come to the outer room" he continues
having NV rooms in her house, she
caused us to sit down by a great fire.
and after took off our clothes and wash
ed them, and dried them again, some
OF the women plucked off our stockings
and washed them, some washed orr
Ieet IN warm water, and she herself
took great pains to see all things or
dered in the best manner she could.
making reat haste to dress Soma meat
for US to eat" Our author noticed a
great many things about the mode of
living among the Indians, their furni-
lure cooking utensils, n other things.
Inelr vessels are earthen pots vary
large, white and sweet. their dishes
are wooden plates of sweet timber"
mus IL was that the first intercourse
n Indians and white men
was friendly, and the historian of the
eXpedbtlon says, "A more kind and low
ing people there cannot be found in
the world, as far as we have hitherto
| had trial"
An incident is given that shows the
Ieellngs OF the natives toward the new
corners. After being entertained AT
the house of the Indian chief on the
northern end OF the island In various
ways, the party were given a dinner
that might be denominated a banquet
OF the primitive kind. while we were
at meal" the narrative continues. '.rhere
came In at the gates two or three men
with their bows n arrows from hunt
ing, whom, when we espied. we began
10 look one towards another, and Of
Tered TO reach u weapons; but as
soon as she (Granganimeo's wife) es-
pied our mistrust, she was very much
moved, and caused some Of her men
TO run out, and take away their bows
and arrows and break them. and
withal. beat the 0 fellows cut of
the gate again"
During the two months stay in and
arcund Roanoke island. these first voy-
ayers TO u state made many expsor.
ing trips TO the n%eighboring lands In
these they found put many things
o n country and people. which
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