Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-23

through the various periods nv n col
"ny md state.
Il. BY w. II. CridlIn.
Secretary. Virginia Historical rag
cant Association.
INSTALLMENT NO. Is.
description of the jamestown
settlement having been given with
AN outline OF the progress OF the
colonists ccntercd about that settle.
ment. and having pointed out the sal
font features In the founding Of the
-!pther colonies. this chapter Will hav.
TO do with the attempt of Deputy
Governor Dale TO found a city afty
miles further up tho James River.
IL was in June, 1911. that Sir
Thomas Dale sailed up the James 70
select proper site for the new town
he had been instructed TO found In
virginia. There were several very
sood reasons why such a town should
be founded. In the first place. the
colony was In jeopardy of surprise
attacks by the Spaniards. That war
IKE nation looked with great jcal-
-"nsy upon English colonization in
America. They had by right OF
discovery, claimed all of the coast OF
North America, and were using every
"ndeavor to gain Information AS u
INC situation and condition Of tho
English. Az yet they had not To-
lated the settlement. and II was
feared That upon their being dis
covered at jamestown the colony
would be destroyed The town o.
iienricua could be- better dctcndcc
wing 10 it's situation. Then again
the low. marshy terrain OF James
town was thought TO be the Gauge
"t the great mortality among IN.
settlers. wharCns mo sIt n fn- No
>, city being more elevated. with better
drainage, would minimize this grca,
drawback TO the founders efforts "A,
successful colonization.
Ascended River to Falls.
While In search for new loca-
ton. Dale had assembled the river a.
far as the falls, and then returned to
nigh land invIroned with IN,
Mnync River. near to an IRiiar
Towne called Arsahattockc." Is ,hi.
sytcttlcmcnt had proved success, II
was the intention to abandon James.
town. unless conditions there grcails
Improved
In letter 10 the Prime Minister
Dale stated. II have surveyed Il con.
Nehicnt. strong. hcalthic and swcc'
sehtc to plant the new Town in
from whence might be no more re.
move OF the principal scate; and IN
mat tormc To build. as might &C.
comodatc the inhabitants. and be
come the Title and Name which 1,
hath pleased the Lords. ailrcadic I,
appoint it, The name selected b,
The Pr!vy Council had been IIcnric,
th"nricus: Iienricopolis) In honor o
Di:nry. Prince OF Wales, the pntror
~ the Company. The Prince Of Vale,
vas an enthusiastic supporter OF tn,
Plan to COLOMBO Virginia. and his un.
tnciy death. November lG 1919. wa.
u great loss TO the colony IIat
ne lived. and succeeded to the Crown
inc history Of Virginia would hav,
h"cn much less full of the tragedic:
ana suffcrings OF It's founders.
II was Dalc's intention To cree,
ave Qualifications for the protection
on the colony. viz: Point Comfor,
lrort Algcrnounc)' (sce foot-notc)
kiskinck. jamestown. Hcnrico. an,
at the Falls now Richmond). II,
requested that standing army al
Zoo men hc sent from England. Th,
army was never dispatched. but, with
thc aid OF political prisoners sen
ever. Dale began preparing the de.
tense OF tho new town, 10 secure :,
against the Indians. in he midst Of
Whoh. ne WAS resolved to set downc.'
as he was convinced that n settlement
at ii'nrico would command the ac.
cnrity OF that part OF the colon,
siuated above it. Having sclccte,
-Ele site. Dale returned to Jamestown
= secured the approval of Lieutenant.
Governor Gates. and returned in Sen.
tcmber. with about zoo men. 10 III,
place selected
Named New Town IIenrico
It was reported that within to,
days he had fortified seven'acrcs al
ground. which in honor Of the Nobl,
frince Heurie (whose royau hear
ever strongly affected to that sec
ion) he called BY the name of Hon.
RICO. strong ch-towcrs wcr,
constructed at each corner q, ~,
Town Givc): also ~ Fair and hand.
some church and store houses" r.,
the middle OF January, 1912. he hoI
constructed houses for himself an,
men, and made ''Icnrico much bctte,
and OF more worth than all tho ,vnrt
ever since the Colony began. thera,r
done 1t Was reported that th,
iirst stories OF these houses wcr,
constructed OF brick. burnt in tina
On the Salisbury, side ttbo sou,,
side of the River. the north side hc,
ing called the Popham side). n hos.
'nital was constructed containing
eighty beds for sick and wounded
and Keepers were appointed. ITO nj.
'end them for their comfort and rc.
co'erie. The place where this hos.
pital was located was the .sectio,
OF CoSeendalc called Mount AIaladv
may he well>to explain here tina,
.Hthe North side of the River wa,
named after the patron OF the NortI
virginia colony, Chief Justice pom
ham, and the South Side after the mn
iron of the South Virginia COLONY
the Earl of Salisbury, Prime Ministe,
OF England.
In Certifying Henrico, three part.
being already environed by the jaime,