434 James I. Naval Expeditions, <3cc. oj the English, Book

1612.

Col. of Voy.Vol. VI. p.245 -

Purchas,Vol. III. p.

831.

Da/e, being then made Marshal Gene- 1612..ral, arrived with three Ships, which Arrivalsbrought Supplies of Men, Cattle andHogs. He found them growing againinto the like Disorders as before, takingno Care to plant Corn, and wholly re-lying upon their Store, which then had' ' ' “ ~ He,

Arrival ofSir Sir ThoiflÆ

Greenland-

Hall's Voyage towards the North-West PaJage.

This Voyage was undertaken for theAccount of Sir George Lane aft er, SirThomas Smith, and other Merchants-

Adventurers, among whom also was but three Months Provisions in it,

Mr. James Hall, who went himself, as therefore, set them to work about Corn,chief Commander of the two Ships pro- and tho' it was the Middle of May, be-vided for theExpedition; The Patience, fore they began to prepare the Ground,of one Hundred and forty Tuns, with they had a pretty Crop. From this AnewTcW*forty Men and Boys in her j And the Knight’s Government, and his Care for built.Heart's-Ease of sixty Tuns, with twen- the Good of the Colony, may the Fros-ty Men and Boys. It was the twenty- perity of it be dated ; Among other goodsecond of May, of this Year, that these Things, he built a new Town, calledShips departed from the Humber. We Dale's Gift, at his own Charge,have a very particular Journal of this In August, of the same^YearVoyage, in the Collection of Voyages, Thomas Gates arrived at James Town, Gates,written by one John Gatonbe, who was with fix Ships more, and a plentiful Sup-Quarter-master in one of these Ships; ply of Hogs, a Hundred Head of Cat-And, in Purchas, another written by tie, a great Number of Fowls, &c. withWilliam Baffin. But as they are meer a good Quantity of Ammunition, ToolsSea-Journals, and contain nothing but and all other Things necessary for a new

Colony; And, besides all this, a Re-inforcement of three Hundred and fif-ty chosen Men. InSeptember, he settledArrahattuck, aboutJames-Town, paling in the Neck, abovetwo Miles from the Point, from oneReach of the River to the other. Herehe built Forts and Sentry-boxes, and, inHonour of Prince Henry, called itThe Muscovy-Compzny , resolving Henricopolis ; And also run a Pals ado,

what we have had in former NorthernVoyages, I omit giving any farther Ac-count of them, than that the Comman-der being killed by the Savages, the Vo-yage was of no Effect.

Continuation of the Greenland-j Fishery.

the Beginning ofjsssffa new Town, -ax. built.fifty Miles above

timed.Purchas,Vol. III. p4(3(5.

Fiflery con- to continue their Greenland Fishery, sent on the other Side of the River, at Cox-this Year two Ships thither, who had endale, to secure their Hogs. And nowthe [good Fortune to catch seventeen great Care began to be taken, both atWhales. The Dutch, who always took Home and abroad,for the future, as wellCare to tread in our Steps, sent this as present Happiness of the Colony.Year their first Ship thither, as did like- Lands were cultivated, the Colonieswife the Spaniards, being both conduct- spread,private Plantation's were possess’ded thither, by Run-away Englijhmen, and, in England, great Collections wereTray tors to their Country. made for building of Churches, founding

Continuation of the As airs ofVirginia.

am

Smith’! Gen.History of

Before I conclude the Transactionsof this Year, I must return to Virginia.

in

Hist. osVii- "she Arrival of the Lord Delaware,ginia, p. 2$. the Year, 1710. revived the expiring\ British Emp. Colony,in America,

V. I. p. 229.

The expi-ring Colonyrevived.

of Schools, endowing of Preachers,

In the Year 1612. Two Ships more Arrival ofarrived with Supplies: And Captain ^°P UArgal, who commanded one of thembeing sent in her to Potowmeck to buyCorn, he there met with Pocahontas,the excellent Daughter of Powhatan ;

And having prevailed with her to comeon Board, to a Treat, (d) he detained

and, by his prudent Manage- her Prisoner, and carried her to James-

ment, it was againlerable Footing.

On the tench of May, (or as someAccounts say, June) 1611. Six Thomas

Smith’i Gen.Hist. ofV ir-

settled upon a to- town, designing to make Peace with her

Father, by her Release: But, on the a King’scontrary, that Prince highly resented Daughterthe Affront, and tho’ he loved \yfeized ly tb

Daughter, Engllfh '

(a) Smith says she was betrayed on Board by her own Uncle, who fold her for a Copper Kettle,