Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-27

ScarburGh was never a friend TO til.
Indians. or one occasion, on Hear,
Ing OF an intended uprising he gath
cred together number Of men and
went aeains; the Indians along the
Maryland boundary l.nc. At the next
court The sheriff was ordered 10 ar
reg; all who wen, on this expedition.
Arsoll Ncardley and William An
drcws were sent to Jamestown to
help handi. the prosecution 50 Won
der!u! WAS coicnsi Scarburgh's per
sonality mat h vas not only clear
ed Of the charge 90 going aEains,
tho Indians IN an u..awful way. but
MAS commended by Governor Bcrkc-
ley.
The following was written mmcdl-
at.iy after the Trial.
To Colonel l.ittleton:
pray upon sight hereof. deliver
70 Mr.: Edmund ScnrOursh Two OF "
him for his daughters. Tahi;na and
Matilda. charge * same to .Accott.
.Ir.
"Ynr Liovingc friend.
"WiLL.iAM BERKELEY"
Ia October l620. the I.onG rarl.a-
ment passed an ordinance forhiddiug
TRADE w:th the i;arhahocs. Bermuda.
. Antigua and Virginia. the following
year tho famous Nav!gation Acts
went into effect These acts. cspc-
ciallys the first, offended the butch
Accewmackc," and the Dutch north
.. Virginia were not very Kindly
disposed toward the English flag
Capiurcd by the Dutch.
In 1851 Colonel ScarburIi sent his
vessel The Sea Horse" up the coast
and into the Delaware River 10 trade
with, the Indians. The Dutch com
inander; Andreas fiuddle. seized tn.
vessel by force. lowered the Kings
coiors and ran the Dutch nag 10 the
masthead. lie carried the ship. with
officers and crew. To For, Nassau.
pretending they had violated the
S,uvyfsant had invited Scarburgh 10
Scafburrh's Sighting blood was ~.
ana, although he recovered his v.ss.l
Nirg!nia. every Dutchman from this
time on was his enemy. and ho lived
70" revenge. IL" had a large follow
! ing. and il was not long before ii
were melting the Indians 10 revolt
The Northampton Court took cog
i ni1ance ana puh!ished an order for
trade, truck or barter with tho
natives under . penalty OF 500
pounds OF tobacco"
5nrgh. I'VE Hobby Horse" under
Mark Mage. had been \privateering
| about the bay looking for Dutchlnen.
As As protection can,ain Mage had
iniralty OF England issued to Captain
Peter Wraxall. of the British ship
Speedweil." lying in occohannoci,
Greek. II CAPTAIN Wraxall was Will
ing 10 iend ScarburEh was more than
satisfied to borrow, for Whiting for
letter of Marque and Reprisal Was
Dutch ships were scarce. SO Maggie
| boarded New England vessel com
rnanded by n German and took
Possession in the name OF England.
stone unturned to recover his ship
He won over TO his side Obedience
Robins. one OF the justices. and an
enemy Of Scarburgh. and Scarburgh
10 gain time. Scarburgh again used
the lnGians and Dutch. Reports were
received that a Dutch. and Indian up
| rising was Icing planned along m.
entire Atlantic Coast. If there was
going to be an uprising. Scarburgh
was going to he chief exccutioncr,
! Excitement ran so high and tha
danger to the Dutch and Indians was
$" great that the commissioners were
compelled to acknowledge 10 the
jamestown Council that they could
not handle the situation. Evidently
effective STEPS were taken. for the
Dutch were not compelled to leave
chants. which may have had some
| thing to do with the trouble.
We find Scarburgh's name signed
third to the following:
The Engagm't rendered to yc In
habitants of Northampton County,
Eleventh of March. 1851 20. s."
Wee whose names are subscribed;
true and faithful To the Common
wealth as 1t is move Established with
out Hinge or House OF lords"
Unjust Tax Levied.
AcC0m1n p.l1 n1 Ia n,tN
ton, had had no representative in the
House of BurseSscs since i%47. with
the eSceptlon OF one. rcprestn tativc in
mounds OF tobacco poll had hecn
levied upon the Eastern Shore men
The law prohibiting Dutch trade and
stroyed the Parliamentary party on
the peninsula.
The small planters. who did not
own their own ships: We're forced To
tobacco and then yet only what the
mother country wished to give them
for the commodity
the nepins 40 c' had d'r pmIefr b from
preston that "Ye Little Kingdom or
separate province: The spirit Of ins
people and the Royalists took this
time to. act. Scarburgh. who hatcd
the Puritans almost rs much ms j."
did the Dutch and the Indians. second.
cd by number OF Roy" lists. appealed
10 the people to resist the unjust laws
The agitators proved agitat"rs IN
reality. for, after several dnvs OF
excitement six prominent citizens
were chosen to act for the people
Among Oldest Documents.
There Is document. known as
the Northam Plan Protest, which
is Older by hundred and twenty
years than either the MeckIanburE
Declaretion or tho Fincastle Resolu-