. A history of the United States. ime onlyeighty were left. Captain John Smith. —The hero of those years ofsuffering was CaptainJohn Smith. Every oneknows the story of his capture by the Indians and of his rescue by Pocahontas, thechieftains daughter. There are other things better worthremembering about him. Soon after his return to James-town he was made governor. He forced the idle and lazy towork, making the rule that he who would not work shouldnot eat. In a short time all were busy chopping down trees,hewing out lumber, and gathering pitch. The settlementtook on an air of life and energy.
. A history of the United States. ime onlyeighty were left. Captain John Smith. —The hero of those years ofsuffering was CaptainJohn Smith. Every oneknows the story of his capture by the Indians and of his rescue by Pocahontas, thechieftains daughter. There are other things better worthremembering about him. Soon after his return to James-town he was made governor. He forced the idle and lazy towork, making the rule that he who would not work shouldnot eat. In a short time all were busy chopping down trees,hewing out lumber, and gathering pitch. The settlementtook on an air of life and energy. Smith also saved thesettlers from starvation by opening a profitable trade withthe Indians. When the Indians saw that the colonists werein distress, they tried to drive hard bargains, offering onlysmall pieces of bread or a few beans for a piece of copper ora hatchet. Smith found that the Indians liked colored men also learned to make chisels and hatchets from theiron they discovered in Virginia. When every other way. Captain John Smith 42 THE FOUNDING OF VIRGINIA failed, he compelled the Indians to trade. They dared notrefuse, for his guns were more dangerous than their bows andarrows. Unfortunately, in 1609 he was hurt by an explosionof powder, and went to England to have his wounds caredfor. He never returned to Virginia. Jamestown not a Real Settlement. — In 1610 the companysent over a harsh governor, who tried to make the colonistswork better by introducing the strict discipline of an armypost. The days work began at six with beat of drum. Whenit closed in the afternoon, all were marched to the church forprayers. One reason why the men did not work well wasthat they were working for the company and not for them-selves. Whatever they produced went to the companysstorehouse. The garden and the wheat fields belongedto the company. The men were fed and clothed fromthe common stock. Life at Jamestown was more like thatof a lumber camp or a mining camp than of an
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