. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . ips. ARRIVAL AT CHESAPEAKE BAY When the day had fully dawned, and the fleet stoodin toward the noble bay, between two capes, which RICHARD OF JAMESTOWN were afterward named Cape Henry and Cape Comfort,Captain Smith directed me to go on deck, in order tokeep him informed of what might be happening. He told me there was no question in his mind butthat we were come to the mouth of Chesapeake Bay,where it had been agreed with the London merchantswe were to go on shore. Standing at the head of the companionway, butnot venturing out on deck l
. Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony . ips. ARRIVAL AT CHESAPEAKE BAY When the day had fully dawned, and the fleet stoodin toward the noble bay, between two capes, which RICHARD OF JAMESTOWN were afterward named Cape Henry and Cape Comfort,Captain Smith directed me to go on deck, in order tokeep him informed of what might be happening. He told me there was no question in his mind butthat we were come to the mouth of Chesapeake Bay,where it had been agreed with the London merchantswe were to go on shore. Standing at the head of the companionway, butnot venturing out on deck lest I should be sent tosome other part of the ship, and thus be unable to give my master theinformation which hedesired, I looked outupon what seemed to methe most goodly landthat could be found inall the wide world. Trees there were of sizefit for masts to the kingsships; flowers borderedthe shore until there wereseemingly great waves ofthis color, or of that, asfar as eye could reach,and set within this daz-zling array of green andgold, and of red and. AN ATTACK BY THE SAVAGES 43 yellow, was a great sea, which Captain Smith said wascalled the Chesapeake Bay. We entered for some distance, mayhap three or fourmiles, before coming to anchor, and then Master Wing-field, Captain Gosnold, and Captain Newport went onshore with a party of thirty, made up of seamen andgentlemen, and my master, who had not so much asstretched his legs since we sailed from Martinique, was leftin his narrow cabin with none but me to care for him! I had thought they would open the box contain-ing the instructions from London, before doing any-thing else; but Captain Smith was of the mind thatsuch business could wait until they had explored suffi-ciently to find a place where the new town might be built. It was a long, weary, anxious day for me. Theparty had left the ship in the morning, remaining absentuntil nightfall, and at least four or five times everyhour did I run up from the cabin to gaze shoreward
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