New school history of the United States . c. Theywere lazy, thoughtless, andwould not work. Trouble in-flamed discords. Wingfieldwas removed from the Pre-sidency. Ratcliffe, a muchworse man, was appointed inhis stead. Smith undertook the explo-ration of the Chickahominy tofind a water line to the was overpowered by theIndians. He himself escapedslaughter, when his compan-ions were slain, by showing hispocket compass to the savages. was carried by them to their chief, 0-pe-chanca-nough {-no), accidents by flood and field, rest mainly on his own authority, but derive con
New school history of the United States . c. Theywere lazy, thoughtless, andwould not work. Trouble in-flamed discords. Wingfieldwas removed from the Pre-sidency. Ratcliffe, a muchworse man, was appointed inhis stead. Smith undertook the explo-ration of the Chickahominy tofind a water line to the was overpowered by theIndians. He himself escapedslaughter, when his compan-ions were slain, by showing hispocket compass to the savages. was carried by them to their chief, 0-pe-chanca-nough {-no), accidents by flood and field, rest mainly on his own authority, but derive confirma-tion from contemporaneous records. His story was questioned in his own day by thequaint and inaccurate Thomas Fuller, and has been recently disputed. The sneer of Fuller in his Worthies, and the arguments of some recent writers,assailing- the veracity of Smiths surprising narraj:ive, have been ably answered (1882)and discredited by Mr. William Wirt Henry, of Richmond, in an Address deliveredbefore the Virginia Historical ^. 34 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Opechancanough conveyed him to Powhatan, the great was saved from death by Powhatans young daughterPocahontas, or Matokes. She is said to have placed herhead between his and the clubs of the savage was sent back to Jamestown with honor, and peace wasmade with Powhatan. 13. One hundred and twenty more emigrantsarrived during the winter. Provisions continued to be veryscarce. In the second summer, Smith explored the watersof the Chesapeake, and made a chart of them and the neigh-boring shores. He was chosen President on his return, andencountered bitter opposition. He visited Powhatan again,to insure peace, and to obtain food for his people. He paida visit also to Opechancanough, and seized that bloody chiefin the midst of his braves. By such skill and daring he pro-cured sustenance for the starving colony. 14. The Virginia Company in England was disheart-ened by the heavy expenses and th
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