The daily Alaskan., 1914-06-15
A Reverie of Old Jamestown
By DWIGHT NORWOOD

III By DWIGHT NORWOOD Il Coming from Fort Monroe north ward by the James river, the boat stopped at Jamestown. There are two most important spots historically in the United States, Jamestown and Plymouth rock, the former being the more important from Its age. was curious to see it and, leaving the boat remained there long enough to lose myself in a reverle concerning 1t.
 There is nothing there today to dream about unless 1t be the tower of tLe church built by the inhabitants of the settlement who went there a little over 800 years ago. No more uninter- asting spot in itself exists in America. It is au open flat space on the north east bank of the river, whose yellow waters have eaten away a considera- bic part of the site of the town.
 And now for my dream.
 The report of a gun fired out on the bosom of the yellow waters. look cd and saw a miniature ship very high in the stern and forward, much orulmentei and the sail on the main mast bearing the arms of England. From the shore a boat was about to put out bearing a huge Cask. got aboard and was pulled to the ship.
 "Whaus going on?" l asked of one of the oarsmen. who, by the bye, all wore doubIets with broad collar knee breaches and hose.
 "Sale of redemptIoners," was the re- ply.
 When We boarded the vessel, the Royal James, rum was served from the casE. and the sule commenced There were twenty men and four wo-. mnn to be sold to whOmsOever would pay their passage money from Eng land. with a handsome bonus to the person wu0 had advanced the funds. They were to be bound to their pur- chaser tin they had worked out the amount he had paid and until then were held as redemptioners, which meant a limited period of slavery.
 Several men were sold for sums ranging from $50 to E1OO, though the amount was paid in tobacco. All the women were sold for wives with their consent. There was one d0msel not twenty years old who was so COmely thatI approached and asked her what had induced her to come out to so melancholy a place as Jamestown.
 "PIcase sir she replied, "I come from bonnie Scotland. My mother diuna like it because I wouldna marry auld Roderick MacTavish and shut me mp. But ] got out and a man with gold a-rleury sent me out as a redemD- toner. He must be paid EGO for my Dassagc and a' the profit there is in me-"
 And ii pay the ECO will you mar ry me"
 That l will" replied the girl, "be- cause you're SD much better than old EoIcriek NIacTayish, and I'll na have to work out the money owing for sending ne here"
 And SD l paid the ECO in tobacco, which went back to England in the ship. and the girl was carried ashore with ne. On landing we went up a beaten path leading to the church. ] found the parson, and we were mar rinJ
 This was when Captain John Smith was inderatigable in keeping the colo ny together aud supplying our wants but after a time he left us to make explorations of the coast and then to gp to England Our men became dis couragad and would not work Food must be got by hunting or tilling the earth. and tue people would do neither. So hunger and sickness came upon us, and we diminished rapidly. Some went back to England, and some, leaving Jamestown, went back from the river into the country.
 When saw that Jamestown was doomed. taking my Scotch wife with me. l went back from the river into the interior and, settling myself On a piece of land, built a house and raised tobacco. prospered, and, other faailics settling near me- in time we nocame community. Though my wife and l grew old, our children grew up after US to be men and women, and tue country about us lost its prim- tive loneliness. But the river was sl- ways the same. At times l was obliged to go to it for the purpose of shipping my tobacco and it always gave me the blues.
 But We on the peninsula between tho river and the hay were 2 merry lot HAVE YOUR LAUNDRY DONE
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