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Fetherstone, Richard, 140, 141, 147.
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Fish, abundance of, 81; kinds, 95. Florida, 80.
Flowerdew Hundred, delegates from, 250; fortifications, 415, 416; loca- tion, 415 n.
Flowre, George, death, 20.
Force, Peter, Historical Tracts, 302 n., 422 n.
Ford, Robert, 125, 162, 170, 175.
Forest, George, 140.
Forest, Mistress, 160. Forest, Thomas, 160.
Fort Charles, 223 n., 300. Fortescue, Sir Nicholas, 405.
Fort Henry, 224, 300.
Fortress Monroe, 11 n. Fox, Thomas, 160.
Francis, 169, 181.
Fuller, Michael, adventure, 389-391.
Galthorpe, Stephen, 21. Gany, William, adventure, 389-391. Garnett, Thomas, accusation against, 268.
Garret, William, 126.
Gates, Sir Thomas, 401; political posi- tions, 191, 191 n .; arrival at James- town, 201, 296, 304; deputy-gov- ernor of Virginia, 207; censures the colonists, 208; meeting with Lord Delaware, 212; government of the colony, 220 n., 318 n .; is despatched to England for help, 202; returns to England, 300.
George, ship, 330, 331, 337.
Gibbes, Lieutenant, elected a burgess, 250.
Gipson, Thomas, 160, 162.
Glass, 416; factory for making, 348 n. Gold, 152; craze for, among the set- tlers, 136, 138; Molina's report con- cerning, 219.
Golding, George, 126. Gondomar, Count, intrigues of, 430; instructions, 454; accuses Argall of piracy, 455.
Goodspeed, ship, 122 n. Goodyson, Ramon, 140.
Gookin, Daniel, 369; establishes a settlement at Newport News, 349. Gore, Thomas, 20 n., 21, 126. Gosnold, Anthony, 125, 126, 132, 134; death, 174.
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Gosnold, Bartholomew, 125; voyage to
New England, 21 n .; contention of, over location of settlement, 33; arouses interest in the Virginia ex- pedition, 121-122; is chosen as councillor, 123; death, 21, 36, 71 n., 128.
Goston, Sir Francis, 405.
Gourgaing, elected a burgess, 250.
Gradon, Richard, 140.
Graves, Thomas, 159, 256; elected a burgess, 250; rescue, 354.
Griswold, ed., Delaware's Relation, 208. Gryvill, William, 140.
Guadeloupe, hot bath at, 6-7, 122; Chester anchors at, 340.
Gudderington, John, 159.
Guercheville, Madame de, assists Biard, 227.
Guiacum, tree, 7.
Gurganey, Edward, 140; contribution to the Generall Historie, 316-325.
Hakluyt, Richard, 179, 179 n .; map of, 53 n.
Hall, William, 209.
Hamor, Ralph, 312 n., 316 n., 317, 426; visit to Powhatan, 313-316; sails for Virginia, 330; Indian at- tack upon, 361, 361 n .; entertained by the king of the Potomacs, 377; voyage to Newfoundland, 384; opin- ion of the Indians, 386, 388; A True Discourse of the Present Estate of Virginia and the Successes of the Affaires there till the 18 of June, 1614, 238, 302, 302 n., 309 n .; contribu- tion to the Generall Historie, 302- 316.
Hamor, Thomas, 361, 361 n.
Hampton River, 11 n. Hancock, Nicholas, 160, 162. Hardwin, 160.
Harford, John, 141. Harington, Edward, 21. Harper, John, 140.
Harwood, member of the council, 345. Haryson, Harmon, 159. Hassinnunga Indians, 105.
Hazard, Ebenezer, Historical Col- lections, 406 n.
Hellyard, 160.
Henrico, 424; early settlement at,
224, 224 n .; delegates from, 249; described, 305; incorporated, 337; land grant at, for a university, 337 n .; abandonment, 417; con- dition of, 418 n.
Henry, son of James I., 81 n.
Henry, Cape, 81; named, 11; Smith touches, 32.
Herd, John, 126.
Heriots, 89.
Hill, Elis, 372.
Hill, George, 140.
Hills, Edward, 381.
Hog Island, 174, 297; blockhouse at, 185.
Holland, Gabriell, 426.
Hope, Thomas, 119, 134, 140.
Hothersall, Thomas, account of the sea-fight at Dominica, 340 n.
Houlgrave, Nicholas, 126.
Hoult, John, 159.
Hunt, Robert, 125, 132, 135, 160; sick- ness, 122.
Iguanas, found, 8, 122.
Indians, dress, 6, 12, 13-14, 48, 88, 99-100, 110; religion, 6, 20, 23, 51, 108-113, 355, 355 n .; remedies, 108; treatment of prisoners, 115-116; treatment of their sick, 51; war- paint, 100; weapons, 6, 17, 102- 103, 142; customs, 6, 56, 101, 114- 115, 377; ceremonies, 12, 48, 51, 54, 110-112, 153-154; werowances, 15 n., 49 n., 84, 105, 112-113, 115; conversion, 345-346, 347, 347 n., 348, 356, 362; occupations, 18, 101; manner of life, 101, 363; cabins, 100-101, 114; canoes, 103; char- acter, 6, 63, 99, 386, 388; govern- ment, 52, 113-114, 115; agricultural methods, 95-97; methods of tat- tooing their bodies, 6, 19; dances, 12; difference between the married and unmarried, 19; longevity, 19; oaths, 20; language, 89; hunting methods, 103-105; physical char- acteristics, 99; food, 102; methods of warfare, 105-107; music, 107; manner of trading, 108; mode of burial, 109; priests, 110; mar- riage, 355; refusal to trade with colonists, 157, 159, 160-161; learn
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the use of firearms, 346; attacks of, 10, 32, 35, 43-44, 138; massacre of the colonists by, 357-373, 400, 437, 444; peace with, 345, 358; laws concerning, 262, 264, 269- 270, 273.
Irrohatock Indians, 85. Isabella, of Spain, 77, 78.
Isle of St. Michael, governor of, enter- tains Lord Delaware, 331.
Itopatin, 355; succeeds Powhatan, 334.
Jackson, John, 250, 256. Jacob, Thomas, 21, 446.
James City, see Jamestown.
James I., king of Great Britain, 325 n. James River, 413 n .; explorations up, 17-18, 33-35, 123-124; de- scribed, 17-18, 34; Spanish ships in, 217.
Jamestown Peninsula, 185 n.
Jamestown, settlement at, 15, 15 n., 33, 123; described, 19, 306; burn- ing of the fort at, 52, 135, 397; country surrounding, 64 n .; loca- tion, 84, 412, 413; proceedings of the colony at, 119-204; arrival of the first supply at, 52, 132-137; the second supply reaches, 152; ar- rival of the first woman at, 155; life at, 156-158, 397; the third supply reaches, 191, 292; aid sent to, 203, 331-332; condition of affairs at, 21-22, 36-38, 41, 71, 127- 128, 179-180, 184-187, 197-198, 198 n., 200, 201, 208, 212-214, 220- 221, 283-286, 285 n., 286 n., 292, 294-296, 299-300, 301, 302 n., 326, 330-331, 332, 334, 338, 347, 384, 395, 400, 414, 422-425; houses, 415, 424; government, 247, 296, 312, 337, 338-339, 400-405; meeting of Virginia assembly at, 248, 249, 337; fortifications, 415, 416; dissentions at, 191-192, 196, 197; young women sold to the settlers at, 339; Indians attack, 35; delegates from, 249; number of inhabitants in, 224; incorporated, 337, 337 n.
Japazaws, betrays Pocahontas, 307; seeks trade with the colonists, 337. Jarnette, D. C. de, 248.
Jefferson, 250, 256.
John and Francis, vessel, 71 n.
Johnson, Robert, 425, 432, 446, 447, 448; efforts to dissolve the Virginia Company, 422, 422 n .; petition, 451; accusations against, 457.
Johnson, William, 126, 140. Jones, Sir William, 405. Jordan, Samuel, 249, 256, 370.
Keale, Richard, 141, 147.
Kecoughtan, Indian village, 11, 37, 377, 389, 424; described, 38; natives of, befriend colonists, 48; Smith reaches, 146, 163; see also Elizabeth City.
Kecoughtan Indians, 13 n., 84. Keffer, Peter, 140.
Kekataugh, 165; entertains Smith, 46; trade with Smith, 60.
Kendall, George, 125; conviction of, 21; shot as a conspirator, 41, 71 n .; his chosen councillor, 123; deposed, 36, 128; conspires against Smith, 129.
Kerby, Captain, traffics in slaves, 282 n.
Killingbeck, Richard, 140; death, 333.
Kingsbury, Susan M., Introduction to the Records of the Virginia Company, 405 n.
Kingston, Ellis, 22, 22 n.
Kingswell, Richard, 426. Kiptopeke, conference with Pory, 352; character, 354.
Kiskiack or Chiskiack Indians, 50, 85; religion, 51; Smith visits, 61; conspiracy of, 67-70.
Kissanacomen, fight with Yeardley, 323.
Kitchin, plot, 303 n., 304; execution, 304 n.
Knollys, Sir Francis, 207. Kuscarawaoke Indians, 89. Kuskaranaocke River, 143.
Lambert, Thomas, 162. Lane, Sir Ralph, 89, 143. Lanexa, 41, 387. Lapworth, Michael, murdered by the Indians, 363 n. Lavander, Thomas, 160.
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Lawne, Captain Christopher, 256, 336; [ Marcum, Robert, Thomas Savage elected a burgess, 250. seeks, 353.
Lawne's Hundred, delegates from, 250; law concerning, 266.
Laws Divine, Morall and Martiall (London, 1612), 422 n. Laxon, William, 126, 185.
Laydon, John, 126, 160.
Leds, Timothy, 140.
Lembri, Francisco, arrest as a spy, 217; execution, 222 n .; experiences as a spy, 321.
Lewes, John, 141.
Ley, Henry, chief-justice, 159, 187; re- vokes the charter, 455 n.
Limbo Isles, 143.
London Company, see Virginia Com- pany.
Lottery, determination of the council concerning, 317; reasons for in- stituting, 318; rules, 319-320; re- ceipts from, 437.
Love, William, 126, 162.
Lowicke, Michaell, 160.
Lucas, 342.
Lynnhaven River, Percy enters, 10.
Macanoe, confession of, 69.
McDonald, Angus, 248.
Machot, Indian village, 309.
Macocke, Samuel, member of the council, 335; murdered by the Indians, 363 n.
Madison, Isaac, 426; adventures of, 378; attacks the Potomacs, 381-438. Maestro, Padre, accuses Argall of piracy, 455.
Maine, expeditions to, 202, 203. Maize, 12.
Mallard, Thomas, 160; makes known Volda's conspiracy, 189.
Mamanahunt, Indian village, Smith arrives at, 40, 323.
Manakin Indians, 34 n.
Mandeville, Lord Viscount, 406.
Mangoage Indians, search for Raleigh's colony among, 89, 188.
Mannahock Indians, 47, 86, 89, 105.
Manosquosick, Indian village, loca- tion, 40, 40 n.
Mansa, Indian village, Smith at, 40.
Mantivas, carries provisions to Smith, 58-59.
Margaret and John, ship, 336, 338 n., 340.
Marlott, Thomas, 426. Marraughtacum, 47.
Marriage, law concerning, 273.
Marten, Nicholas, 426, 436 n. Martha's Vineyard, 227.
Martin, George, 126.
Martin, John, 125, 126, 128; death, 21; sickness, 36, 37; opposes sending a pinnace to England, 41; is elected councillor, 52, 123, 252; willingness of, to attempt expedition beyond the Falls, 65; quarrels with Smith, 66 n .; returns to England, 71 n .; is appointed president, 192; resig- nation, 193; opposition to the government, 194; decisions con- cerning the patent of, 253-255, 260- 262, 262 n .; accusations against, 269.
Martinique, Percy at, 5 n.
Martin's Hundred, 412; delegates from, 250; law concerning, 266.
Mason, Dorothea, 237.
Massachusetts Historical Society, Col- lections, 281.
Massawomeke Indians, 88, 89, 105, 106, 143, 144, 150.
Massé, Father Enemond, 228; settle- ment of, 227; embarkation, 229.
Massinnacack Indians, 105.
Mathews, Samuel, 426.
Mattalunt, Indian village, 41.
Mattapony, Indian village, 387;
Smith discovers, 41; Smith seeks corn in, 176.
Mattapony Indians, 67-70, 85, 87, 113.
Mattapony River, 46, 85. Maxes, Thomas, 159.
May, Cornelius, adventure, 389-391. May, William, 140.
Menapacute or Menapacant, Indian village, Smith is conducted to, 46; Newport sails for, 60.
Mettalina, 340.
Mevis, see Nevis. Michael, 140.
Middlesex, Earl of, 430, 432, 432 n., 436; efforts to secure the tobacco
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contracts, 446-450; accuses Sandys, | Nacostans, 86, 372, 382; attack upon, 449; efforts to revoke the charter, 377. 452-454.
Middleton, Captain, member of the council, 345.
Midwinter, Francis, 126.
Miler, Richard, 140.
Milman, 160.
Molina, Don Diego de, experiences in Virginia, 217, 222, 223; urges Spanish king to destroy the English colony, 218, 221; letter of, 218- 224, 321 n .; arrest, 321.
Molynex, Richard, 140.
Momford, Thomas, 141, 147.
Mona, Percy arrives at, 8.
Monacan Indians, 83, 89, 105, 106.
Monahassanuggs, 105.
Mone, Captain, 194.
Monhegan Island, Captain Ward visits, 337, 337 n.
Monica, 9, 9 n., 48; Newport sets out to discover, 155; Smith se- cures, 165.
Monts, Sieur de, settlement of, 227.
Mooney, James, The Powhatan Con- federacy, Past and Present, 113 n. Morattico, Lane discovers, 143.
Moraughtacunds, 86.
Moreno, Antonio, 220.
Morgan, death, 357.
Morinogh, Indian village, Smith enters, 41.
Morish, Edward, 20, 20 n. Morrell, 160.
Morton, Matthew, wounded by Ind- ians, 32. Morton, Ralph, 140, 141.
Mouhemenchughes, 105.
Mounslic, Thomas, 21.
Mount Desert Island, destruction of the settlement at, 189 n., 227, 228- 229.
Mountains, of Virginia, 82. Mouton, Thomas, death, 22. Moyaon Indians, 41, 372, 381.
Moyowances, 86.
Moysenock, Indian village, Smith reaches, 41.
Mulberry trees, 90, 391, 417; law as to planting, 264-265.
Mussels, abundance of, 10, 34. Mutton, Richard, 126.
Namenacus, Pory visits, 352; Thomas Savage accuses, 353; treachery of, 354.
Namontack, aids Smith, 53, 56; is given to Newport, 134; is returned to Powhatan, 67, 154; death, - 313 n.
Nansemond Indians, 84; refuse to trade with colonists, 160; Edward Waters captured by, 376-377; Yeardley attacks, 384-385.
Nansemond River, 84; Smith dis- covers, 61; described, 62-63, 63 n .; explorations up, 303.
Nantaquaus, friendship for Smith, 53, 56, 326.
Nause Indians, 143.
Nautaquake, 143.
Nautaughtacunds, 47, 86.
Nazatica, 382.
Nechanichock, Indian village, 41.
Negroes, introduction into the colony, 282 n., 337.
Neill, Edward D., Virginia Company of London, 297 n., 335 n., 405 n., 411, 421.
Nelson, Captain, reaches Virginia, 64, 130, 137; refuses to go beyond the Falls, 65; sails for England, 71.
Nelstrop, Rowland, 140.
Nemattanow, 372; death, 357.
Nevis, 7 n., 211, 340.
New France, northern boundary of Virginia, 80; Jesuits in, 228.
Newce, Captain Thomas, manager of the company's lands, 338 n .; mem- ber of the council, 345; industry of, 371, 371 n., 378; Croshaw asks aid of, 377; illness, 379; liberality of, 380; character, 381.
Newfoundland, Hamor sails for, 384.
Newport, Christopher, transports the colonists to Virginia, 122; explores James River, 33-34, 123-124; sails for England, 19, 35, 125, 125 n., 137, 159; returns to Virginia, 52, 61, 132; visits Powhatan, 53-60, 133- 135; arranges for Powhatan's cor- onation, 152-155; voyage to Mon- acan, 155-156; promises to send
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supplies, 20; rescues Smith, 28, 48; | gives a boy to Powhatan, 56; is chosen councillor, 123; private com- mission, 152; friendship for Pow- hatan, 167; sells swords to the Indians, 400; Relatyon, 4.
Newport News, 412; settlement at, 349; named, 349 n.
Nickoles, John, 140.
Nonsuch, fort, 195.
Northampton County, 351 n.
Norton, Thomas, 159; death, 371.
Ocanahonan, inhabitants of, 45,
46.
Ocanindge, discourse concerning peace, 183.
Oconor, Dius, 160.
Onancock, 352.
Onawmanient, Indian village, 386.
Onawmanient Indians, 86.
Onianimo, purposes to kill Savage, 354.
Opechancanough, 115, 165, 378; sec- ond successor of Powhatan, 35 n .; holds Smith a prisoner, 44-48; to assist in the war against the Mona- cums, 59; entertains Smith, 60; asks the release of his friends, 69; entertains Newport, 135; confer- ence with Smith, 170; Smith over- powers, 172-173; visit to Smith, 175; Spelman gives information to, 274-275; becomes the king of Ozinies, 324; promises to avenge the murder of certain colonists, 333; confirms the peace with the colo- nists, 334, 349; suspicions aroused by, 345; conspiracy against Savage, 354; treachery, 357, 372, 376, 382; leads in the great massacre, 358; plot to overthrow, 384.
Opitchapam, 115, 165, 376; trades with Smith, 60.
Opussoquionuske, Queen, 34 n.
Oraniocke, Indian village, Smith visits, 40.
Orapakes, Indian village, 85, 85 n., 114.
Outponcas, 105.
Ovid, Sandys's, 348 n. Oysters, abundance of, 10. Ozinies, 89, 323, 324, 387.
Paccamaganant, Pory at, 353.
Pace, informs the governor of the Indian uprising, 363, 379 n. Paltsits, Victor H., 76 n. Pamacacack Indians, 86.
Pamunkey River, 46, 46 n., 362, 370; described, 50, 85.
Pamunkeys, 85, 113, 388; friendship of, for the colonists, 35-36; country of, 35 n .; character, 63; conspiracy of, 67-70, 376; certain colonists imprisoned by, 378; Yeardley at- tacks, 385.
Pananuaioc, 53 n. Panawicke, 53.
Pansarowmana, is given to Newport, 61.
Parahunt, son of Powhatan, 33 n. Parker, William, recovered, 315, 316. Part, John, 160.
Partridge, 194.
Paspaheghe Indians, 84; entertain Percy, 13; visit Percy, 15-16, 17; colonists trade with, 39; colonists befriended by, 48, 53; conspiracy of, 67-70; removal of, to Sandy Point, 275 n .; Percy'sattack upon, 300.
Paspihegh, Bay of, 39.
Passe, Simon de, 237, 326.
Patuxent Indians, 87; aid sought by, 105-106; Pory visits, 352.
Patuxent River, described, 87; Smith explores, 150.
Pawlett, 256; elected a burgess, 250.
Payankatank River, 48; Smith ex- plores, 150.
Pazatican Indians, 372.
Pearls, found, 10, 34.
Pecock, Nathaniel, 126, 162.
Peirce, Captain William, 140, 237, 426. Peirce, Jane, 237.
Pembroke, 232.
Pennington, Robert, death, 21.
Percy, George, 125; biographical sketch of, 3; sails from London, 5; in the West Indies, 6-9; enters Chesapeake Bay, 9; explores the shores, 10-14; visits Indian chiefs, 12-14; builds fortification, 15; explores the James River, 17; re- turns to settlement, 18; wretched condition of, 21-22; visits the
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Chickahominies, 157; voyage in search of provisions, 161-173; ap- pointment as president, 196; dep- uty-governor of Virginia, 212; ill- ness, 200, 294; attacks the Pas- paheghs, 300; Observations, 3, 5-23. Perez, Marco Antonio, death, 222. Perkins, Francis, 140.
Persey, Abraham, view concerning the tobacco law, 259, 260.
Phelps, Thomas, 160.
Phettiplace, Michael, 140, 162.
Phettiplace, William, 76, 119, 121, 134, 140, 162, 195 n .; voyage to the Pamunkey country, 170, 170 n .; contribution to the Proceedings of the English Colony, 151-200.
Philpot, Henry, 159.
Phitz-James, Captain, 194.
Phoenix, vessel, 27, 64, 64 n., 71 n., 137, 141.
Piankatank River, 48; Smith explores, 150.
Pickhouse, Dru, 21, 125.
Pierse, Thomas, sergeant of the gen- eral assembly, 251.
Pinkerton, J., General Collection of Voyages, 291.
Pising, Edward, 126, 147, 162, 163. Pit, Sir William, 405.
Pizarro, murder, 366.
Plymouth, England, Dale reaches, 321.
Plymouth, Mass., Pory aids the colo- nists at, 281.
Pocahontas, Smith rescued by, 28, 326, 327; sent as a peacemaker to Jamestown, 69, 139; is returned to Powhatan, 70; friendship for Smith, 199; Spelman rescued by, 295; marriage, 237, 251, 310, 327; Rolfe's reasons for marrying, 239- 244; capture, 307-308, 327; bap- tism, 316; visit to England, 321, 325; education, 325; presentation at court, 329; death, 330.
Pochins, son of Powhatan, 11 n. Pocoughtronack, description of, 49.
Point Comfort, fort at, 200, 200 n., 212, 223; Spanish ships at, 217, 218, 320.
Polentine, John, elected a burgess, 249. Pollington, John, 426.
Poole, Robert, 381; accusations of, against Spelman, 274-275; treach- ery of, 337; makes known the plot of the Indians, 382.
Port Royal, colony at, 227, 230; de- struction of the settlement at, 189, 231, 313.
Porto Rico, 8 n., 219, 219 n.
Pory, John, 151, 162; speaker of the assembly, 248, 251, 255; biographi- cal sketch, 281; illness, 283; visits many Indian chiefs, 352-355; letter of, 282-287; observations of, 351- 355; Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, 245-278; translation of Leo Africanus, 281.
Pory, Peter, 140.
Potapacos, 86.
Potomac Indians, wars of, 49; number of, 86; ask aid of Smith, 105-106; attack the Nacostans, 377; attempt to liberate Sarah Boys, 378; Madi- son attacks, 381-384.
Potomac River, described, 86; source of, 105; Smith explores, 144-145; country surrounding, 213; trading expeditions to, 202, 300, 307, 372. Pott, John, 426; arrival at Jamestown, 349; deputy-governor, 349 n.
Pott or Pots, Richard, 76, 119, 121, 140, 195 n .; compiles Smith's manuscript, 75; contribution to the Proceedings of the English Colony, 179-200.
Pountas or Powntis, John, member of the council, 345, 426.
Poutrincourt, Sieur de, reestablishes the colony at Port Royal, 227. Powell Brook, 360 n.
Powell, Captain William, 160, 170, 172, 173, 256, 389; elected a burgess, 249; petition of, 268; political of- fices, 268 n .; payment made to, 275- 276; expedition against the savages, 379; in command at Jamestown, 379 n.
Powell, Henry, 162. Powell, John, 140, 141.
Powell, Nathaniel, 76, 119, 121, 126, 134, 147, 162, 194; contribution to the Proceedings of the English Colony, 121-204; account of the explorations in Chesapeake Bay, 151; search for Raleigh's lost
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colony, 188; contribution to the Generall Historie, 316-325; deputy- governor, 335, 360 n .; murdered by the Indians, 360, 363 n.
Powhatan, Smith meets, 46; friend- ship of, for colonists, 52-53, 396; Smith entertained by, 54-60; Smith trades with, 57-58; war plans, 59; treachery of, 67-70, 168-170; sends Pocahontas to Smith, 69; territories of, 113; personal appearance, 114; character, 115-116; conquers the Payankatanks, 116; colonists aided by, 131; entertains Newport, 134- 135; conspiracy of, 138-139; coro- nation, 152-155, 399; policy of, to starve the
colonists, 157; Smith's determination to surprise, 161; conference with Smith, 164- 168; designs against Smith, 174, 181, 327, 327 n .; abandons Mero- comoco, 177; Ratcliffe slain by, 200; refusal to trade with colonists, 295; attitude respecting the capture of Pocahontas, 308; concludes a peace with Dale, 309-310; captures Smith, 326; death, 334.
Powhatan, Indian town, 33, 34, 34 n., 84, 85, 113; Smith attempts to buy, 193; colonists take possession of, 195.
Powhatan Creek, location, 84.
Powhatan Indians, 89, 105, 124; war methods of, 106-107.
Powhatan River, 370; described, 83-85.
Prat, John, 162.
Pretty, George, 140.
Price, revolt of, 303.
Proctor, Mistress, 370.
Prodger, Richard, 140.
Profit, Jonas, 126, 141, 147, 162. Prosperus, ship, 274.
Purchas, Samuel, Pilgrimes, 3, 208; marginal note by, 5 n .; prints Percy's Observations, 3; an abridg- ment of Smith's Description of Vir- ginia, 75.
Quentin, Father Jacques, 229; settle- ment of, 227.
Quia Creek, 86 n. Quiyough, see Quia Creek.
Quiyoughcohanock River, 83.
Quiyoughcohanocks, 13 n., 84; Smith visits, 39; assist the colonists, 188. Quiyoughquosicke, Indian deity, 51.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 89; lost colony of, 152, 163, 188.
Ramirez, Captain Diego, relation of, 219.
Ransacke, Abraham, 140.
Rappahannock Indians, Percy en- tertained by, 13; friendship of, for the colonists, 20; Smith visits, 47; number of, 86.
Rappahannock River, 89, 105, 387; discovery, 47; described, 86; Smith explores, 150.
Rasawrack, Smith is taken a prisoner to, 44.
Ratcliffe, John, 125; sickness, 36; president of the colony, 22, 37, 128; in authority at Jamestown, 71 n .; is chosen councillor, 123; attempted abandonment of the colony, 130; extravagance, 141; deposed, 147; imprisonment, 151; enmity toward Smith, 194, 196; fort built by, 200; is sent to Point Comfort, 294; death, 37, 200, 295.
Rawhunt, 69.
Read, James, 126, 141, 162.
Rice, John Holt, ed., Works of Captain John Smith, 291.
Rich, Sir Nathaniel, opposition to the tobacco contract, 450; accusations against, 458.
Rich, Sir Robert, see Warwick, Earl of.
Richards Cliffs, 143. Rickahake, 355.
Righkahauck, Indian village, 41. Roanoke, lost colony of, 17 n. Robinson, Conway, 248.
Robinson, John, 126; with Smith on the Chickahominy, 43; death, 44.
Robinson, Mary, donates a fund for a church, 339, 339 n.
Rodes, Christopher, 140. Rodes, William, 20 n., 21, 126.
Roffingham, elected a burgess, 250.
Rolfe, John, biographical sketch of, 237; letter to Sir Thomas Dale, 239- 244; reasons for marrying Poca-
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hontas, 239-244; petition, 269; contribution to the Generall Historie, 302-316, 328-339; marriage to Po- cahontas, 310, 327; educates Poca- hontas, 316; visit to England, 321. Rolfe, Thomas, 238, 330.
Rolfe's Creek, 185 n.
Rose, 160.
Rosingham, Ensign, 256.
Royall James, ship, 350.
Russawmeake, 105.
Russell, John, 156, 159, 162, 163.
Russell, Robert, 140.
Russell, Walter, 76, 119, 121, 146, 170, 175; contribution to the Proceed- ings of the English Colony, 141-147; discovers the designs of the savages, 171. Russell, William, 159.
Russell's Isles, 142, 352.
Rymer, Fædera, 406.
Sabbath, law concerning, 273. Sagadahock, see Maine.
Saint Croix Island, French settlement at, 230; destruction of the settle- ment at, 227, 313.
St. Michael, island, 331.
St. Sauveur, 230 n.
Salt-works, 352.
Sambage, William, 159.
Samuell, 170.
Sands, Thomas, 126.
Sandy Point, 13 n .; Paspahegh Indians remove to, 275 n.
Sandys, Sir Edwin, 429; treasurer, 335; policy toward the colonists, 247; political leadership, 335 n .; efforts to establish a university, 337 n .; government, 293, 421, 434, 446; accusations against, 447; efforts to retain the charter, 453 n.
Sandys, George, treasurer, 348, 426; experiments, 348 n .; report con- cerning the Indians, 363.
Santa Maria, see Chesapeake Bay.
Santo Domingo, 219, 219 n.
Sarah Constant, ship, 122 n.
Sassafras, 434, 434 n. Savage, Richard, 140, 170.
Savage, Thomas, interpreter, 140; is given to Powhatan by Newport, 56, 134; is returned to Jamestown,
68; accompanies Hamor to Pow- hatan, 313; Namenacus seeks, 352; first permanent settler on the Eastern Shore, 352 n .; quarrels with Indian chiefs, 353; conspiracy against, 354.
School, free, subscription for, 350, 350 n.
Scot, Nicolas, 126, 160.
Scrivener, Matthew, 140; becomes president of the colony, 37 n., 147; is elected councillor, 52; accom- panies Smith to Powhatan, 53; experiences in a bog, 58; traffics with Indian chiefs, 60; accompanies Newport, 61, 133-135; trouble with the Indians, 66; in authority at Jamestown, 71 n .; accompanies Smith to Nansamund, 160; is left in charge at Jamestown, 161;
death, 174.
Sea Venture, ship, 191 n. Secowocomoco Indians, 86.
Sedan, 398.
Shackaconias, 105.
Sharpe, Samuel, 249, 256, 426.
Shelley, Walter, 250, 256; death, 260, 260 n. Sherley, Sir Thomas, 207.
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