Beverley Robert

The History of Virginia, in Four Parts


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28. Pocahontas brought to England by Sir Thomas Dale, 29 29. Captain Smith's petition to the queen in her behalf, 29 30. His visit to Pocahontas, 32 An Indian's account of the people of England, 32 31. Pocahontas' reception at court, and death, 33 32. Captain Yardley's government, 34 33. Governor Argall's good administration, 34 34. Powhatan's death, and successors, 34 Peace renewed by the successors, 34 35. Captain Argall's voyage from Virginia to New England, 35 36. He defeats the French northward of New England, 35 37. An account of those French, 36 38. He also defeats the French in Acadia, 36 39. His return to England, 36 Sir George Yardley, governor, 36 40. He resettles the deserted plantation, and held the first assembly, 36 The method of that assembly, 37 41. The first negroes carried to Virginia, 37 42. Land apportioned to adventurers, 37 43. A salt work and iron work in Virginia, 38 44. Sir Francis Wyat made governor, 38 King James, his instructions in care of tobacco, 38 Captain Newport's plantation, 38 45. Inferior courts in each plantation, 39 Too much familiarity with the Indians, 39 46. The massacre by the Indians, anno 1622, 39 47. The discovery and prevention of it at Jamestown, 40 48. The occasion of the massacre, 41 49. A plot to destroy the Indians, 42 50. The discouraging effects of the massacre, 43 51. The corporation in England are the chief cause of misfortunes in Virginia, 43 52. The company dissolved, and the colony taken into the king's hands, 44

       CHAPTER IV.

      History of the government, from the dissolution of the company to the year 1707.

§53. King Charles First establishes the constitution of government, in the methods appointed by the first assembly,