. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. lymouth Companies were formedto establish settleis here, and to carry on trade with thiscoun-tiy, he granted to each of them a paper called a charter, wliirhgave them the control of a large tract of land then known asVirginia, that King James claimed to own in America. The southern part, from near Cape Fear to the Potomac Pi ver,he gave to the London Company, and the northern part, fromnear Long Island to Nova Scotia, to the Plymouth Company. VIRGINIA AND JOHN SMITH. 63 LESSON.—The London Company sent a colony to America.
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. lymouth Companies were formedto establish settleis here, and to carry on trade with thiscoun-tiy, he granted to each of them a paper called a charter, wliirhgave them the control of a large tract of land then known asVirginia, that King James claimed to own in America. The southern part, from near Cape Fear to the Potomac Pi ver,he gave to the London Company, and the northern part, fromnear Long Island to Nova Scotia, to the Plymouth Company. VIRGINIA AND JOHN SMITH. 63 LESSON.—The London Company sent a colony to America. Thecolonists were not the right kind of men to do the rough work in a newcountry. In December, 1606,tlie London Company sent their ships with 39 sailors, 52 gentlemen, and 53 mechanics and tradesmen,to make a settlement on their grant. You will see that thiswas not a verv o;ood be<»:innino;. The men who settle a newcountry should be strong and hardy, ready and willing to doall kinds of rough work, and to endure great hardships. But ^;3r;3^^;<^y!^-<^^xtv-y. Sailing up the James River. of this company, nearly half w^ere gentlemen, who did notknow how to work, and it is said that most of the others weretradesmen, entirely unfitted to build houses, cut down trees,and cultiv^ite a new soil. As the three ships sailed along the Atlantic coast, theysaw the broad mouth of a beautiful river, which they calledthe James, The soft May winds wafted the fragrance of ^vild fi4 HAZRNS ELEMKNTARY HISTORY. May 22, 1607, they began the first permanent Englishsettlement in America, at Jamestown, Virginia John Smith w^as one ofthe colonists. He was a great boaster but an able leader. flowers from the cool, green woods as the colonists went slowlyup the stream, and many a charming opening invited them tosettle. But, for fifty miles they sailed on, until they reachedthe lovely peninsula which they selected as the site of theirnew home. On May 22, 1007, they landed and began the
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