United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . ticed withfalse stories to go on a gold-hunting expedition into the interior; theirdestruction was planned, and only avoided by a hasty retreat to , the Indian king, and several of his chiefs were now in turnallured into the power of the English and inhumanly murdered. Hatredand gloom followed this atrocity, then despondency and a sense of danger,until the discouragement became so great that when Sir Francis Drake,returning with a
United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present . ticed withfalse stories to go on a gold-hunting expedition into the interior; theirdestruction was planned, and only avoided by a hasty retreat to , the Indian king, and several of his chiefs were now in turnallured into the power of the English and inhumanly murdered. Hatredand gloom followed this atrocity, then despondency and a sense of danger,until the discouragement became so great that when Sir Francis Drake,returning with a fleet from his exploits on the Pacific coast, came in sight,the colonists prevailed on him to carry them back to England. It was a needless and hasty abandonment, for within a few days ashipload of stores arrived from the prudent Raleigh; but finding no colony,the vessel could do nothing but return. Two weeks later Sir RichardGrenville himself came back to Roanoke with three well-laden ships, andmade a fruitless search for the colonists. Not to lose possession of thecountry altogether, he left fifteen men upon the island, and set sail VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY. 83 The ardor of the English people was now somewhat cooled. Yetthey had before them truthful descriptions of the beauty and mag-nificence of the new country, and another colony, consisting largely offamilies, was easily made up. A charter of municipal government wasgranted by the proprietor, John White was chosen governor, and everyprecaution taken to secure the permanent success of the City of Raleigh,soon to be founded in the west. In July the emigrants arrived in Caro-lina. Avoiding the dangerous capes of Hatteras and Fear, they camesafely to Roanoke; but a search for the fifteen men who had been leftthere a year before only revealed the fact that the natives, now grownsavage, had murdered them. Nevertheless, the northern extremity ofthe ill-omened island was chosen as the site for the city, and on the 23dof the
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