A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . 1610.] OPPORTUNE COMING OF DE LA WARRE. 297 I As he landed he fell vipon his knees and engaged in silent procession, dignified but ragged, ceremonies more imposing in in-tention than in fact, awaited him, as he arose ; in prayer and in ser-mon, his coming was welcomed ; his commission as captain-general wasread, and with parchments and
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . 1610.] OPPORTUNE COMING OF DE LA WARRE. 297 I As he landed he fell vipon his knees and engaged in silent procession, dignified but ragged, ceremonies more imposing in in-tention than in fact, awaited him, as he arose ; in prayer and in ser-mon, his coming was welcomed ; his commission as captain-general wasread, and with parchments and seal, Sir Thomas Gates surrenderedinto his hands the colony which he had governed a fortnight. Thenin a timely speech, De la Warre rebuked the idleness andother shortcomings of the past, warning his hearers that he measures ofheld the sword of justice in his hands, which would certainlybe drawn if occasion called for it, but encouraging them also with as-surances of the good store of provisions with which his ships wereladen. There was food enough on hand to last for a year, but De la Warre. Arrival of De la Warre. was mindful of the future. 1He immediately dispatchedSir George Somers and Captain Argallto the Bermudas, to bring off some of ^ ^the wild swine with which those islands abounded, to replace the stockwhich the colonists had eaten up the previous winter. Both these ves-sels were driven northward by stress of weather, and Argall returnedto Virginia; Somers reached the Bermudas, but soon after died there,and his nephew, who succeeded to the command of his vessel, returnedto England. In Virginia, De la Warre was more fortunate. Argallwas successfully employed in trading with the natives for corn; twoforts were built near the mouth of the James, and another at the falls ;the Indians were brought into more peaceful, if not more friendly 298 FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA. [Chap. XI. relations, by force of arms, however, rather than by conciliatory meas-ures ; and some
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