. Young people's history of Virginia and Virginians . ohn Rolfe was the first Englishman to culti-vate tobacco in Virginia. It was soon to become a stapleproduct and a source of great revenue to the colony. Abdication and Death of Powhatan.—Powhatan neverrecovered from the blow which the loss of his favorite childinflicted on him, and shortly after her death he resigned histhrone to his brother, O pe ti chapan. He was in turn suc-ceeded by Opecancanough, destined to prove a bitter andimplacable foe to the English. Powhatan died in 1618, andOpecancanough reigned in his stead. Dales Iron Governm
. Young people's history of Virginia and Virginians . ohn Rolfe was the first Englishman to culti-vate tobacco in Virginia. It was soon to become a stapleproduct and a source of great revenue to the colony. Abdication and Death of Powhatan.—Powhatan neverrecovered from the blow which the loss of his favorite childinflicted on him, and shortly after her death he resigned histhrone to his brother, O pe ti chapan. He was in turn suc-ceeded by Opecancanough, destined to prove a bitter andimplacable foe to the English. Powhatan died in 1618, andOpecancanough reigned in his stead. Dales Iron Government.—Sir Thomas Dale remainedin ofhce five years, and under him the settlement flourished,although there is no doubt that his rale was one of needless 62 Young Peoples History severity, and he was in consequence most unpopular withthe people. Flogging and irons were the punishmentsinflicted for laziness. Mutineers and deserters were put todeath with great cruelty. These were broken on the wheel,while the theft of food was punished by GRAVE OF CHIEF POWHATAN, NEAR RICHMOND Regulation of Labor.—He, however, instituted wise re-forms—among others the law regulating the daily laborsof the colonists. Up to this time all the colonists had workedtogether for the comm_on good, an arrangement which inva-riably results in encouraging idleness and in forcing theindustrious to support the drones in the hive. OF Virginia and Virginians 63 Land Assigned to Colonists.—Long before this the settlershad been promised that each would in time possess a portionof land in his own right, but this pledge had never been car-ried out. Governor Dale decided that it should be, andgave to those who had been longest in the colony three acresof ground with the privilege of spending eleven months ineach year in its cultivation. The rest of the time they mustlabor for the common good of all. Effect of this Measure.—This stimulated their personalindustry and added to the general prosperi
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