The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29

for the latter Of whom his village IS
named. This new land received the
name of Virgini in honor OF the Virgin
Queen.
Encouraged by the favorable reports
Raleigh was induced to send out a sec
ond expedition under the OF
the heroic Sir Richard Granville TO
settle the country discovered by Amadas
and Barlowe. On the 9th day OF April,
13S5. the fleet. consisting of seven sail,
mt TO sea from Plymouth. On June %.
1855. it came TO anchor at Wocokon, now
the delightful island Of Ocracoke, shaded
with yeopon, cedar and live oak. the
naradise Of the sportsman and the solace
of the weary. On July Il, 1885. Grenvlile
in his tilt boat, accompanied by a pm
mace and two ship boats, victualed Tor
eight days. with a large number OF his
crew. crossed from Ocracoke, what IS
now Pamlico Sound, and landed upon the
mainland.
Among the places discovered by him
upon this voyage was the great lake
called by the savage Paquipe, evidently
Mattamuskeet Lake. Greenville sailed
for England August ., 1885, leaving upon
Roanoke Island a colony of one hundred
and eight men, including Master Ralph
Lane. who was in command of the colony.
Speaking of the fertility of the soil ana
the variety of its products, Lane writes
to Hakluy on September ), 1870: IN the
meanwhile, you shall understand that
since Sir Richard Grenville's departure
from us, as also before, we nave dlS-
covered the main to be the goodliest soil
under the cope Of heaven, SO Astounding
with sweet trees, that bring such sundry
rich and pleasant gums, grapes OF Such
greatness, yet wild, as France, Spain nor
Italy have no greater, so many sorts OF
apothecary drugs, such several KINDS OF
flax, and one kind like silk. the same
gathered of a grass, as common there
as grass here. And now within these
few days we have found here maize or
Guinea wheat, whose ear yielded corn
for bread four hundred Upon one ear,
and the cane makes very good and per-
feet sugar. = i i Besides that, it is
the goodliest and most pleasing terri
tory Of the world: for the continent is
of a huge and unknown greatness, and
very we'll peopled and towned, though
savagely, and the climate. so wholesome
that we had not one sick since we touch
ed the land here. To conclude, if Vir-
ginia had but horses and kline in some
reasonable proportion, l dare assure my
self, being Inhabited with English. no
realm in Christendom were comparable
to it. For this already We find, that
what commodities soever Spain, France,
Italy or the East parts do yield unto US,
in wines Of all sorts, in oil. in flax, in
raisens, pitch, frankincense, currants,
sugars, and such like. these parts do
abound with the growth of them all, but
being savages hat possess the land, they
know no use Of the same"
It will be observed tina no mention is
made of malaria. That invention or dis
| covery seems to have been reserved for
later years and more civilized times. The
stafWart and bronzed appearance OF the
present inhabitants, indicating an active
and outdoor life, would negative an I'M
| healthy climate. We who know the land,
the richness of it's soil, the variety of
it's products, the abundant yield to the
toll of the huSbandman, and who know
it's waters teeming with fish and she'll
fish of many varieties, can understand.
or excuse. the enthusiasm of the old
chroniclers.
No women formed a part Of his colony
of Lane. No doubt it was the purpose
Of Sir Walter Raleigh, as shown by a
later expedition, to send them as soon
as the colony was firmly established. On
ObiiS tIS VII IcoU5 oI q
with a large fleet, cast anchor off the
coast. He furnished Lane with a bark
of seventy tons, pinnaces and provisions,
and lent him two Of his captains. A
storm arose which carried the bark to
sea with many Of the principal men of
the colony. Discouraged by this mis-
fortune Lane and the cOlOnistS on June
is, 1886, sailed away with Drake to Eng
land. OF Ihis colony Edmund Gosse says:
The experiment was not completely
successful at first, but from August II,
1855, which is the birthday Of the Ameri-
can people, to June Is, 1856, one hun
dred and eight persons, under the com
mand of Ralph Lane, and in the service
of Raleigh, made Roanoke their habita-
ton. 1t is true that the colonists lost
courage and abandoned Virginia at the
latter date, but an essay at least had
been made to Justify the sanguine hopes
OF Raleigh" Soon after their departure
another ship, sent out by Sir Walter
Raleigh, arrived at Hatteras, bringing
all manner OF supplies for his colonists,
but, after vainly seeking for them, re-
turned to England with the supplies. A
fortnight after Drake had sailed, Sir
Richard Grenville came with three ships
also we'll furnished. Hearing nothing
from the colonists and finding their habi-
tationsd eserted, Greenvile landed fifteen
mon upon Roanoke Island to hold posses
sion of the country. with abundant sup
plies, and returned to England with his
fleet. Not discouraged by these misfOr-
tunes and disasters, to which a man OF
less fOrtitude and courage than Raleigh
would have ~succumbed, in the spring OF
1887 he fitted out another expedition,
consisting Of three sail, intending to
command it himself. He was still in
favor with the Queen, but she refused
to permit him to it. The
fleet sailed from Plymouth on May g.
1887, and arrived at Hatteras July %,
1857. This colony consisted of ninety-one
men, seventeen women, and nine children,
and their names are still preserved in
the records. John White was appointed
by Raleigh as the governor of the
colony with twelve assistants likewise
appointed. In this colony was Eleanor
Dare, the wife of Anacias Dare and the
| daughter of John White. MANY Of those