. A brief history of the United States . sur-render. He is .shockingly burned on a boat by the explosion of a bag of powder athis side ; but he leaps into the water, where he barely escapes death by and many other wonderful exploits he published in a book after his return toEngland. Historians very generally discredit them, and even the story of his rescueby Pocahontas (p. 48) is considered very doubtful. His sei-vices were, however, ofunquestionable value to Virginia; and his disinterestedness appears from the fact thathe never received a foot of land in the colony his wisdom h
. A brief history of the United States . sur-render. He is .shockingly burned on a boat by the explosion of a bag of powder athis side ; but he leaps into the water, where he barely escapes death by and many other wonderful exploits he published in a book after his return toEngland. Historians very generally discredit them, and even the story of his rescueby Pocahontas (p. 48) is considered very doubtful. His sei-vices were, however, ofunquestionable value to Virginia; and his disinterestedness appears from the fact thathe never received a foot of land in the colony his wisdom had saved. Of his lastyears we know little. He died near London, 1631. DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH COLONIES. 47 the tender gentlemen till they learned how to swing the axein the forest. He declared that he who would not work,might not eat. He taught them that industry and self-reliance are the surest guarantees to fortune. Smiths Adventures were of the most romantic one of his expeditions up the Chickahominy* he was taken. SMITH SHOWING HIS COMPASS TO THE INDIANS. prisoner by the Indians. With singular coolness he imme-diately attempted to interest his captors by explaining the useof his pocket compass and the motions of the moon and last they jDcrmitted him to write a letter to thev found that this informed his friends of his misfor- * Thi? was undertaken lay the cxpres? order of the company, to seek a passage tothe Pacific Ocean, and thus to India. Captain Newport, before his return to England,made a trip up the James River for the same purpose, but on reachinsr the falls con-cluded that the way to India did not lie in that direction. These attempts, whicheeem so preposterous to us now, show what inadequate ideas then prevailed concern-ing the size of this continent. 48 EPOCHII. [1^7- tune, they were filled with astonishment. * They could notunderstand by what magical art he could make a few markson paper express his thoughts. They consid
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