. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . he Chesapeake Bay, leaving on the banks of WE WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND 57 the river we called the James, a hundred men and boys,all told, to hold their lives and their liberty againstthousands upon thousands of naked savages, who hadalready shown that they desired to be enemies ratherthan friends. Even in the eyes of a boy, it was an odd company tobattle with the savages and the wilderness, for thegreater number were those who called themselvesgentlemen, and who believed it beneath their stationto do any labor whatsoever, therefore did it s
. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . he Chesapeake Bay, leaving on the banks of WE WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND 57 the river we called the James, a hundred men and boys,all told, to hold their lives and their liberty againstthousands upon thousands of naked savages, who hadalready shown that they desired to be enemies ratherthan friends. Even in the eyes of a boy, it was an odd company tobattle with the savages and the wilderness, for thegreater number were those who called themselvesgentlemen, and who believed it beneath their stationto do any labor whatsoever, therefore did it seem to methat this new town would be burdened sorely with somany drones. Master Hunt, the preacher, could in good truth callhimself a gentleman, and yet I myself saw him, withintwo hours after wewere landed, nailinga piece of timberbetween two treesthat he might stretcha square of sail-clothover it, thus makingwhat served as thefirst church in thecountry of Virginia. Yet Captain Smithhas said again andagain, that the discourses of Master Hunt under that. 58 RICHARD OF JAMESTOWN poor shelter of cloth, were, to his mind, more like thereal praising of God, than any he had ever heard in thecostly buildings of the old world. For the better understanding of certain things whichhappened to us after we had begun to build the villageof Jamestown, it should be remembered that of all thesavages in the country roundabout, the most friendlywere those who lived in the same settlement withPowhatan, who was, so Captain Smith said, the truehead and king of all the Indians in Virginia. BAKING BREAD WITHOUT OVENS It was in this town of Powhatans that I discoveredhow to bake bread without an oven or other fire thanwhat might be built on the open ground, and it waswell I had my eyes open at that time, otherwise CaptainSmith and I had gone supperless to bed again and again,for there were many days when our stomachs criedpainfully because of emptiness. While my master was talking with the king, Pow-h
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