Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . went backto port. The men were a sorrylot, and at Newfoundland he sentanother ship home with the sickand the mutineers. Of the threevessels remaining, the largest waswrecked and all but fifteen Humphrey was on the smallestboat on his way home, when one dai-k night it foundered, carrying down allon board. The famous Sir Walter Raleigh, a half-brother of Gilbert, and a greatfavorite at the court of Queen Elizabeth,
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . went backto port. The men were a sorrylot, and at Newfoundland he sentanother ship home with the sickand the mutineers. Of the threevessels remaining, the largest waswrecked and all but fifteen Humphrey was on the smallestboat on his way home, when one dai-k night it foundered, carrying down allon board. The famous Sir Walter Raleigh, a half-brother of Gilbert, and a greatfavorite at the court of Queen Elizabeth, was deeply interested in the plans ofhis relative, and in April, 1584, sent out two well-equipped vessels for thepurpose of colonization. They brought back a glowing report and Raleighwas knighted by the pleased queen, who gave him the privilege of namingthe new country. He called it Virginia, in honor of the virgin Queen Eliza-beth. ^ A large expedition sailed for the new country in the spring of 1585 and afort was built on Roanoke Island. But the Englishmen were as greedy for goldas the Spaniards, and, instead of cultivating the land, they spent their time grop-. INDIAI\ \(From the uiit I \LLObED WITH PALISADES lig lu ilif liriiisli Museum, made by JohnWhite in loS5.) THE LOST COLONY. 45 ing for the precious metal. This was suicidal, because the Indians were violentlyhostile, and would not bring forward any food for the invaders. All must haveperished miserably but for the arrival of Sir Francis Drake, who carried thesuivivors back to England. It is worth recording that this stay in America resulted in the Englishmenlearning the use of tobacco, which they introduced into their own country. SirWalter Raleigh became a great smoker, and the incident is familiar of his ser-vant, who, seeing his master smoking a pipe, was terrified at the belief that hewas on fire and dashed a nnig of ale over him to put out the flames. Much more useiul knowledge was that gained of maize or Indian
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