An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . absent. Chests withvarious stores had been buried in the earth; some were entire;others had been discovered and rifled by the Indians. On the concluded that all was well, and began to steer for the newstation ; but meeting with some difficulties, and the season being ad-vanced, it was very coolly resolved to make for the West Indies,trade there, and touch at the colony
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . absent. Chests withvarious stores had been buried in the earth; some were entire;others had been discovered and rifled by the Indians. On the concluded that all was well, and began to steer for the newstation ; but meeting with some difficulties, and the season being ad-vanced, it was very coolly resolved to make for the West Indies,trade there, and touch at the colony on his return home. Aftercoming out into the open ocean, the wind was so adverse to his proposed course, and so favourable to that for Britain, that the latterwas adopted, and he arrived at home in October. After this, the colony seems to have been totally neglected byevery one except Raleigh. This remarkable man sent out, at dif-ferent periods, five vessels, the last in 1602; but, unfortunately,none reached the settlement. From that time, nothing was everdiscovered of this unfortunate colony. Its members were eitherrxtirpated, or became anjalgamated with the neighbouring Indians 210 SETTLEMENT OF OOSNOLD S ?^OY&.OB. Notwithstanding this scries of disasters, a vessel sailed for Ame«r ca, in 1602, under Bartholomew Gosnold, with thirty-two men,twelve of whom intended to settle. Striking directly across theocean, he came upon the coast of Massachusetts; and, after sailingonward some time, reached a bold promontory, which, from the greatquantity of fish caught in the vicinity, he named Cape Cod. Steer-ing in a southern course, they passed some dangerous promontoriesand at length landed on a pleasant island, to which they gave thename of Marthas Vineyard. Re-embarking, they entered Buz-zards Bay, which, from its spaciousness, was denominated GosnoldsHope. Elizabeth Island, within its circuit, was chosen as a desi-rable place of settlement. The soil was clothed with nob
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