Big Chief Elizabeth
Subtitle: the adventures and fate of the First English Colonists in America
By: Giles Milton.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
Subjects: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Relations with Americans; Indians of North America -- First contact with Europeans; Indians, Treatment of -- North America; Indians of North America -- Government relations; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 16th century; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States; America -- Discovery and exploration -- English
Description: "Big Chief Elizabeth is the story of the extraordinary attempts by English adventurers to claim, divide, and colonize what would be the biggest jewel in Queen Elizabeth's crown: North America.

From Richard Hore's 1636 journey to the ill-fated Sir Humfrey Gilbert's attempt, to Sir Walter Ralegh's extravant expeditions to Roanoke Island and Jamestown, which led to the first permanent English settlements in America, Milton tells a tale of startling greed, ruthless ambition, terrible hardship, and horrific wars between settlers and indigenous peoples.".

"For almost twenty years the fate of Ralegh's colonists was to remain a mystery. When a new wave of settlers sailed to America to found Jamestown, their efforts to locate the lost colony were frustrated by the mighty chieftain Powhatan - father of Pocahontas - who vowed to drive the English out of America, though Pocahontas herself made valiant attempts to thwart the massacre of settlers.

While Ralegh's "savage" March had played a pivotal role in establishing the first English settlement in America, he had also unwittingly contributed to one of the earliest chapters in the decimation of the Native American population."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-350) and index.