The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
OF Roanoke.

good health and the eagerly work planting crops
strengthening the palisades and improving their
In the meantime the London Company had secured new
charter and had appointed Lord Delaware as Governor and
Captain General Of Virginia Nine vessels were fitted out
and dispatched Virginia with five hundred settlers Seven
Of these vessels after having experienced severe storms ar
rived at Jamestown in August 1000 bringing the third supply
Among the influential of this inamcnt were two
Of Smiths old enemies. Archer and Radcliffe Radcliffe had
been deposed from the presidency Of 7onv for neffi-
cheney and had been back home Tn some way he
succeeded in having himself favor and back
evidently agreeing with Archer make dsagrecable
Smith possible Radcliffe uutimey end before
be had been able do much mischief In undertaking
deal with the Indians as he had Smith do he fell into
ambusCade, captured and cruelty tortured 10 death
1t seemed that in the supply brought any
mission dslodge and succeed Smith AS delegates OF Lord
Delaware there only three gentlemen Sir George Somers
Sir Thomas Gates and CAPTAIN Newport equipped
with this official prerequisite These had for some reason.
gotten themselves all together in the which boat
separated from fleet eventually wrecked upon
the shores OF the Bermudas Smiths Of office had
yet cxpirel and though had dsplacc
him. Archer Radcliffe and their followers sought usurp
the government Smith however proved himself equal
the emergency arrested the macouents and Captain
West brother OF Lord Delaware with hundred and
twenty others make settlement where Richmond
stands As has already been stated Smith, returning
from this plantation Jamestown severely wounded,
and forced England for medical treatment
1t bad dav for the settlement when Smith left it.
Il would be much that The disasters which
upon them would have been avoided had he remained at
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these would have been avoided and the coOns
would have been saved at least from OF the awful
sufferngs that followed At there would have
been among them brave and untirng soldier. exempying
ioude and exhibiting utter unsehness in his for
those under his charge.
II the suerings OF the already been great,
they be compared with the oalamitcs through
which go the winter OF IOo0I6IO There is
piiul ANIMAL than the story OF that long, hard
winter. Their supplies exhausted; the Indians
had offended and acnaed, and using every
opportunity destroy the settlers 1t be
impossible for these wreched coonss. shut in at
Jamestown to secure food themselves from starva-
ton The shallow well from which they got their drinking
proved be full of deadly poison They fell SICK III
great numbers those who sick starved
q unable for the sick procure ood The
horses hogs that had been brought for breed
ing purposes all slaughtered and Then they ate
dogs adders every Of living thing which
they could lay their hands they First Indian who had
been killed poor wretch killed his own wife eat
ing part sailing down the remainder for future
use For burned at the stake Menin their
suffering dcsoaon flung away their Bibles and cried
cut in rebellion against God They into the winter five
hundred in number they Of the winter with only
sN-iye stricken and wasted wrechcs Such the rag
cay OF the Starving Time
Rescue came way that they had least anticipated
n the nstaent Of settlers that had in August
1000 two OF vessels had become separated from the
o,tI,o- ga the