Stories of American explorers : a historical reader . to keep from starving. WhenLane returned, everybody felt discouraged, andthe future looked gloomy enough. But aboutthis time, Drake, who was on his way to Englandwith a large fleet, arrived and anchored near Roa-noke Island. On hearing of the condition of thecolonists, he offered to leave a part of his fleet withprovisions. But when a heavy storm came up, allthe colonists decided that they wished to return toEngland. Drake took them all aboard, and they sailed forhome. They had found no gold, but they carried J O » to England something that
Stories of American explorers : a historical reader . to keep from starving. WhenLane returned, everybody felt discouraged, andthe future looked gloomy enough. But aboutthis time, Drake, who was on his way to Englandwith a large fleet, arrived and anchored near Roa-noke Island. On hearing of the condition of thecolonists, he offered to leave a part of his fleet withprovisions. But when a heavy storm came up, allthe colonists decided that they wished to return toEngland. Drake took them all aboard, and they sailed forhome. They had found no gold, but they carried J O » to England something that had quite as much valueas gold or precious stones,--tobacco, white potatoes,and Indian corn. An amusing incident is told in connection withthe early use of tobacco in England. Raleigh him-self was one of the first to learn to smoke. Heprocured for himself a pipe of silver shaped like 132 American Explorers the pipes used by the Indians. One day, shortlyafter he had begun to smoke, a servant came intohis room. Seeing the smoke coming from his mas-. Threw a tankard of ale into his face ters mouth, the man supposed Raleigh was on fire,and, hastily approaching, threw a tankard of aleinto his face. But long before this first cargo of tobacco and Sir lldlh-r I{filci»-h other products had arrived in Kngland, in fact onlytwo or three weeks after it had left Koanokc withDrake, (irenville relumed witli provisions. Find-ing the island deserted, he left fifteen men, and liehimself returned to Kngland. ;HS ) COLONY In a seeond colonv, under Captain JohnWhite. sailed from Kngland for Koanoke. Thiscolonv contained one hundred and fifty men, seven- * » teen women, and eleven children. Raleigh himselfwished to join this colony, hut the Queen wouldnot allow him to leave her court. lie directed thatthe1 colonists should make a settlement at Chesa-peake Hay, after first landing at Koanoke Islandto find the fifteen men left there by ( company landed at Roanokc bu
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