A history of the United States for schools . ubt-ed by some is no doubt,however, that Smithwas a very energetic,quick - witted, andshifty sort of explored thenooks and cornersof the coast, sailedup the rivers, andcoaxed or bullied theIndians into givinghim food for the col-ony. Under his di-rection a few rude houses were put up, and a few bits ofground were scratched with a hoe and planted with of In this way two years dragged along, until anfsTs^rnd ^^^ set of 500 colonists arrived. These new-their fate, comcrs did iiot improve matters. They were awretched set
A history of the United States for schools . ubt-ed by some is no doubt,however, that Smithwas a very energetic,quick - witted, andshifty sort of explored thenooks and cornersof the coast, sailedup the rivers, andcoaxed or bullied theIndians into givinghim food for the col-ony. Under his di-rection a few rude houses were put up, and a few bits ofground were scratched with a hoe and planted with of In this way two years dragged along, until anfsTs^rnd ^^^ set of 500 colonists arrived. These new-their fate, comcrs did iiot improve matters. They were awretched set, for the most part the refuse of Englishjails, or ruffians picked up about the streets. They camein a small fleet commanded by Sir Thomas Gates andSir George Somers; but the ship which carried thesetwo commanders had been caught in the tail of a hur-ricane and cast ashore upon one of the Bermuda were no provisions of food at Jamestown fit for * From the contemporary engraving published in the early editions ofSmiths CAPTAIN JOHN §§34,35- THE ENGLISH IN VIRGINIA. 69 supplying so many people. The old tale of nutiny, hun-ger, and disease was repeated. Smith was disabled bya severe accident, and returned to England soon after-ward. At length, Gates and Somers, having built aboat with their own hands and escaped from the Ber-mudas, arrived upon the scene, and found of all theirmen scarcely sixty left alive. They decided to abandonthe enterprise and take these few survivors back to Eng-land. On the 8th of June, 1610, they had actually em-barked and sailed a few miles down the James River,when they were met by three well manned ships Lordbringing an abundance of supplies. This was Delaware,the squadron of Lord Delaware, the newly appointedgovernor, who, when he landed at Jamestown, fell uponhis knees upon the sandy beach, and, with uplifted hands,thanked God that he had come in time to save Virginia,Within a few months, however, ill health compelled
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