. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. ptain was badly injured by an explosion of gunpowder, and leftVirginia, never to return. 58. Sufferings of the Colonists.—When Smith left thecolony, there was no one able to take his place properly. Whenthe Indians found out that Smith had returned to England,they began to attack the settlers. They could no longerprocure food from the red men. Matters went from bad toworse. The winter of 1609-10 is often called the -^starvingtime. Although new colonists, women as well as men, had comeover, by the spri
. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. ptain was badly injured by an explosion of gunpowder, and leftVirginia, never to return. 58. Sufferings of the Colonists.—When Smith left thecolony, there was no one able to take his place properly. Whenthe Indians found out that Smith had returned to England,they began to attack the settlers. They could no longerprocure food from the red men. Matters went from bad toworse. The winter of 1609-10 is often called the -^starvingtime. Although new colonists, women as well as men, had comeover, by the spring of 1610 nine-tenths of the people had remaining fifty or sixty colonists were now utterly hope-less, so they decided to desert the settlement and return toEngland. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES 59 59. The Arrival of Lord Delaware.—The colonists hadactually set sail when they were met by a fleet of ships com-manded by Lord Delaware. He had been sent out by theLondon Company as Governor of the Colony. He persuadedthe discouraged settlers to return to Jamestown. As Delawares. Indians Attacking- Colonists in Virg-inia. fleet had plenty of supplies on board, they wiUingly returnedI and the settlement was saved. 60. Governor Dale.—Lord Delaware did not stay inI Virginia long. He was succeeded by Governor Dale, a veryj strict man. Although Dales rule was so severe that some 6o ENGLISH COLONIES IN AMERICA would call him cruel, there is no doubt that the lazy andworthless settlers needed a firm hand. The best thing that Dale did for the colony was to give toeach man a piece of land where he could work for man will work harder if he knows he can have the resultsof his own labor. Before this change, there had been com-munism in the colony. This meant that the settlers, insteadof working, each man for himself, worked for all. So long asthe lazy men got their share they were perfectly willing thatthe industrious ones should work all the harder. 61. The Raising of Tobacco
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