. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . ight one daygrow into a city fair to look upon. An attempt to build up a nation in this new land ofVirginia, of which ours was the third, had cost of moneyand of blood more than man could well set down, andnow, after all this brave effort on the part of such menas Captain Smith, Master Hunt and Master Percy, itwas to go for naught. Once more were the savages to hold undisputedpossession of the land which they claimed as their own. ABANDONING JAMESTOWN Now even though Nathaniel Peacock and I hadknown more of suffering and of sorrow, than
. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . ight one daygrow into a city fair to look upon. An attempt to build up a nation in this new land ofVirginia, of which ours was the third, had cost of moneyand of blood more than man could well set down, andnow, after all this brave effort on the part of such menas Captain Smith, Master Hunt and Master Percy, itwas to go for naught. Once more were the savages to hold undisputedpossession of the land which they claimed as their own. ABANDONING JAMESTOWN Now even though Nathaniel Peacock and I hadknown more of suffering and of sorrow, than of pleasure,in Jamestown, our hearts were sore at leaving it. It seemed to me as if we were running contrary tothat which my master would have commanded, andthere were tears in my eyes, of which I was not ashamed,when Nathaniel and I, hand in hand, followed MasterHunt out of the house we had helped to build. Those who had come from the shipwreck amid theBermudas, were rejoicing because they had failed to RICHARD OF JAMESTOWN II 162 RICHARD OF JAMESTOWN. arrive in time to share with us the starvation and thesickness, therefore to them this turning back upon theenterprise was but a piece of good fortune. Yet werethey silent and sad, understanding our sorrow. It was the eighth day of June, in the year 1610, whenwe set sail from Jamestown, believing we were donewith the new world forever, and yet within less thanthree hours was all our grief changed to rejoicing, allour sorrow to thankfulness. LORD DE LA WARR s ARRIVAL At the mouth of the river, sailing toward us bravelyas if having come from some glorious victory, were threeships laden with men, and, as we afterward came toknow, an ample store of provisions. It was Lord De la Warr who had come to take up his LORD DE LA WARRS ARRIVAL i63 governorship, and verily he was arrived in the verypoint of time, for had he been delayed four and twentyhours, we would have been on the ocean, where waslittle likelihood of seeing him. It needs
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