Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . lmost todespair, owing toprivation and mis-government, andhis judicious andenergetic man-agement soon re-stored order andindustry. He es-tablished a postat Riquotau (nowHampton), at themouth of Jamesriver, and builttwo forts, whichhe named Henryand Charles, inhonor of thekingssons. Being ill, in March, 1611, he embarked for Nevis, in theWest Indies ; but, having been driven north byopposing winds, they entered the mouth of a largeriver, called by the natives Chickohocki, but whichreceived the name of Delaware in his honor. Hethen sailed for England
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . lmost todespair, owing toprivation and mis-government, andhis judicious andenergetic man-agement soon re-stored order andindustry. He es-tablished a postat Riquotau (nowHampton), at themouth of Jamesriver, and builttwo forts, whichhe named Henryand Charles, inhonor of thekingssons. Being ill, in March, 1611, he embarked for Nevis, in theWest Indies ; but, having been driven north byopposing winds, they entered the mouth of a largeriver, called by the natives Chickohocki, but whichreceived the name of Delaware in his honor. Hethen sailed for England; but in April, 1618, urgedby the colonists to return in consequence of theoppressive rule of Argall, he sailed again for Vir-ginia, but died on the voyage. He expended largesums in establishing the colony of Virginia, andwas universally regarded as a noble and philan-thropic man. The present Earl Delawarr, ReginaldWindsor Sackvillc-West, is his lineal published A True Relation to the Council ofVirginia (1611; reprinted, 1858).. DF LttON DELINIERS-BREMONT L35 DE LEON, David Camden, surgeon, b. in South Carolina in 1822 ; d. in Santa Fe, NewMexico, 3 Sept., 1872. lie was educated in his Da-tive state, and graduated in medicine at the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania in 1836. He entered theU. S. army as assistant surgeon on 21 Aug., 1838,served in the Seminole war, and was then stationedfor several years on the western frontier. At thebeginning of the Mexican war he went with to the Rio Grande, was present at most ofthe battles in the campaign toward Mexico, andentered that city when it surrendered. Forthese services, as well as for gallantry in action,where he several times took the place of command-ing officers who had been killed or wounded, Leon twice received the thanks of congress,but was again assigned to frontier duty in Mexico,on the ground of his great energy and was promoted to surgeon, with the rank ofmajor, on 29 Aug., 1856, an
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