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SE ESTE
A
TRVE RELATION
of the moſt proſperous voyage
made this preſent yeere 1605,
by Captaine George Waymouth,
in the Diſcouery of the land
of Virginia :
Den
Where he diſcouered 60 miles vp
a moſt excellent Riuer; to-
gether with a moſt
fertile land.
Written by I AMES ROSIER,
a Gentleman employed
in the voyage.
3
Lauren
LONDINI
Impenſis GEOR. BISHOP.
1605.
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To THE READER.
Eing employed in this Voy-
age by the right honourable
oll Thomas Arundell Baron of
Warder, to take due notice,
and make true report of the
diſcouery therein performed:
I became very diligent to ob-
ſerue (as much as I could)
whatſoeuer was materiall or
of conſequence in the buſineſſe, which I collected into
this briefe ſumme, intending vpon our returne to pub-
lifh the ſame. But he ſoone changed the courſe of his in-
tendments; and long before our arriuall in England had
ſo farre engaged himſelfe with the Archduke , that he
was conſtrained to relinquiſh this action. But the com-
modities and profits of the countrey, together with the
fitneſſe of plantation, being by fome honourable Gen-
tlemen of good woorth and qualitie, and Merchants of
good fufficiency and iudgement duly conſidered, haue
at their owne charge (intending both their private and
the common benefit of their countrey) vndertaken the
tranſporting of a Colony for the plantation thereof; be-
ing much encouraged thereunto by the gracious fauour
of
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TO THE READER.
of the KINGS MAIESTY himſelfe, and diuers Lords
of his Highneſſe moſt Honourable Priuie Councell.
After theſe purpoſed deſignes were concluded, I was a-
nimated to publiſh this briefe Relation, and not before;
becauſe ſome forrein Nation (being fully aſſured of the
fruitfulneſſe of the countrie) haue hoped hereby to gaine
ſome knowledge of the place , ſeeing they could not al-
lure our Captaine or any ſpeciall man of our Company
to combine with them for their direction, nor obtaine
their purpoſe, in conueying away our Saluages , which
was buſily in practiſe. And this is the cauſe that I haue
neither written ofthe latitude or variation moſt exactly
obſerued by our Capraine with ſundrie inſtruments,
which together with his perfect Geographicall Map of
the countrey, he entendeth hercafter to ſet forth. I have
likewiſe purpoſedly omitted here to adde a collection of
many words in their language to the number of foure or
fiue hundred, as alſo the names of diuers of their gouer-
nours, aſwell their friends as their enemies; being reſer-
ued to be made knowen for the benefit of thoſe that ſhal
goc in the next Voyage. But our particular proceedings
in the whole Diſcouerie, the commodious ſituation of
the River, the fertilitie of the land, with the profits there
to be had, and here reported, I refer to be verified by the
whole Company, as being eye-witneſſes of my words,
and moſt of them neere inhabitants vpon the Thames
.
So with my prayers to God for the conuerſion of fo in-
genious and well diſpoſed people, and for the proſpe-
rous fucceffiue euents of the noble intenders the proſe-
cution thereof, I reſt.
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yook
mount
was bild Your friend I. R.

Dialo
De
A TRVE RELATION
anibro
of Captaine George Waymouth his
Voyage, made this preſent yeere
1605 : in the Diſcouerie of
the North part of
Virginia.
Pon Tueſday the 5 day of March, stwibow
about ten a clocke afoze none, we
ſet faile from Ratcliffe, and came
to an anker that tide about two a
clocke before Graueſend.
from thence the 10 of march
being Sunday at night we ankes
red in the Downes: and there rode
til the nert day about the a clocke
after none, when Inith a ſcant winde we ſet ſaile; and by
reaſon the winde continued Southwardly, we were bea-
ten vp and downe : but on Saturday the 16 day about
foure a clocke after non we put into Dartmouth Hauen,
where the continuance of the winde at South & Souths
welt conttrained us to ride till the latt of this moneth.
There we thipped ſome of our men, and ſupplied necelta-
ries fo; our Ship and Uloyage.
Upon Eafter day, being the lat of March, the winde Vpon Eaſter
comming at Poth-pouth-Eat, about fiue a clocke af: day we put
to ſea.
fer nane we wayed anker, and put to ſea, In the name
of God, being well vicualled and furnilhed with mus
nition and all neceſſaries : Dur whole Company bes nie 29 per-
Our Compa-
ing but 29 perſons ; of whom I may bolūly ſay, few voy fons.
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ages

The laſt Diſcouery of the
ages have bene manned forth with better Sea-men ge-
nerally in reſpect of our ſmall number.
Munday the next day, being the firữ of Apzill, by fire
a clocke in the mozning we were lire leagues South-
South-Eall from the Lizarde.
attwo a clocke in the afternone this day, the weather
being very faire, ourCaptaine fo2 his owne erperience
Sounding. and others with him ſounded, and had Üre and fiftie fa:
thoms and a halfe. The ſounding was ſome linall blacke
perrie ſand, ſome reddily land, a match 02 two, with
ſmall ſhels called Saint lames his Shels.
The foureteenth of Apzill being Sunday, betwene
nine and ten of the clocke in the mozning our Captaine
Deſcried the Jland Cueruo: which bare South-Wet and
We fell with by Weft , about ſeuen leagues from ds: by eleuen of the
the Ilands of clocke we deſcried Flores to the Southward of Cueruo,
Azores. as it lieth: by foure a clocke in the afternone we bzought
Cueruo due South from vs within two leagues of the
ſhoze, but we touched not, becauſe the winde was faire,
and we thought our ſelues ſufficiently watered and
woded.
Våre our Captaine obſerued the burne, and found
himſelfe in the latitude of 40 degrees and 7 minutes : fo
he iudged the pozth part of Cueruo to be in 40 degræs.
After we had kept our courſe about a hundred leagues
from the Ilands, by continuall Southerly windes we
were fozced and dziuen from the Southward, whither
we firft intended. And when our Captaine by long bea.
ting ſaw it was but in vaine to triue with windes, not
knowing Gods purpoſes herein to sur further blefling,
(which after by his eſpeciall direction we found) he
2011 no thought bett to trand as nigh as he could by the winde to
recouer what land we might firt diſcouer.
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Munday, the 6 of may,being in the latitude of 39 and
a halfe about ten a clocke afoze nwne, we came to a riplin,
-Sanom
which we difcerned a head our ſhip, which is a breach of
water cauſed either by a fall, oz by ſome mæting of cur-
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rents, which we iudged this to be; foz the weather being
very faire, and a ſmall gale of winde, we founded and
found no ground in a hundred fathoms.
Munday, the 13 of may, about eleuen a clocke afore
none, our Captaine, judging we were not farre from
land, ſounded, and had a ſoft oaze in a hundred and lirty
fathomes. at fowze a clocke after none we Counded a-
gaine, and had the ſame oaze in a bundzed fathoms.
from io a clocke that night till thrá a clocke in the
mozning, our Captaine toke in all ſailes and lay at hull,
being delrous to fall with the land in the day time, be.
cauſe it was an unknowen coaft , which it pleaſed God
in his mercy to grant vs, otherwiſe wehad run our thip
upon the hidden rockes and periſhed all. Foz when we
ſet ſaile we founded in 100 fathoms:and by eight a clock,
hauing not made aboue fiue oz fir leagues, our Captaine
vpon a ſudden change of water (ſuppofing verily he ſaw
the fand) preſently founded, and had but fiue fathoms.
much maruelling becauſe we ſaw no land, he ſent one to
the top, who thence deſcried a whitily ſandy cliffe, which
bare Welt-pouth-Wett about lip leagues off from us:
but comming nærer within three oz fowze leagues, we
ſaw many bzeaches till nårer the land: at lal weeſpi.
ed a great b2each a head bs al along the ſhore, into which
before we ſhould enter,our Captaine thought bett to hoiſe
out his ſhip boate and found it. Which if he had not done,
we had båne in great danger : foz be bare vp the thip, as
nére as he durt after the boate : vntill Thomas Cam,
his mate, being in the boat, called to him to tacke about
& tand off, foz in this breach he had very ſhowld water,
two fathoms and lede vpon rockes, and ſometime they
ſuppoſed they ſaw the rocke within three or fowze fote,
whereon the ſea made a very trong baeach : which we
might diſcerne (from the top) to run along as we ſailed
by it 607 7 leagues to the Southward. This was in the
latitude of 41 degrés , 20 minuts": Wherefaze we were
contrained to put backe againe from the land and foun,
ding,

The laſt Diſcouery of the
ding, (the weather being very faire and a ſmall winde)
We found our ſelues embaied with continuall tho wides
and rockes in a mottoncertaine ground, from fiue o, üre
fathoms, at the nert caſt of the lead we ſhould haue 15 €
I 8 fathons. Duer many which we palled, and God fo
blelled us, that we had wind and weather as faire as
poze inen in this ditreffe could wity : whereby we both
perfealy diſcerned euery beach, and with the winde
were able to turne, where we ſaw moč hope of ſafeli pal-
ſage. Thus we parted from the land, which we had not
ſo much befoze delired, and at the firtt light reioiced, as
now we all ioifully pzailed God, that it had pleaſed him
to deliuer us from ſo imminent danger.
Here we found great toze ofercellent Cod filh, and
ſaw many Whales, as we had done two od thrée daies
before.
o we trood off all that night, and the nert day being
Waredneſday; but the wind Will continuing betwán the
points of South-south-weſt,and Tilett-South-Welt:
ſo as we could not make any way to the Southward, in
regard of our great want of water and wod (which was
now ſpent) we much delired land, and therefore ſought
for it, where the wind would belt fuffer us to refrely our
ſelues.
Thurſday, the 16 of pay, we tod in directly with the
land, and much maruelled we deſeried it not , wherein
We found our ſea charts very falſe , putting land where
none is. naty
Friday, the 17 of Mo ay, about lire a clocke at night we
Deſcried the land, which bare from vs Nozth-sporth-
Cat; but becauſe it blew a great gale of winde, the ſea
very high, and nåre night, not fit to come vpon an vn
knowen coalt, we iod off till two a clocke in the mioz-
ning, being Saturday : then tranding in with it againe,
we deſcried it by eight a clocke in the mozning, bearing
The deſcrip-
riod of the Poth Calt from bs. It appeared a meane high land,
Iland.
as we after found it, being but an Zland of ſome lif miles
in
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North part of Virginia.
in compade, but hope the moſt foztunate euer yet diſco.
uered. About twelue a clocke that day, we came to an
anker on the oth ſide of this land , about a league
from the thoje. About two a docke our Captaine with
twelue men rowed in his chip boat to the ſhoze, where
we made no long tay, but laded our boat with dzy wod
of olde trás upon the lizoze übe, and returned to our ſhip,
where we rode that night.
This land is wody,growen with firre, Birch, Dke
and Beech, as farre as we ſaw along the lhoze ; and ſo
likely to be within. Dn the verge grow Goſeberries,
Strawberries, uilild peale,and Wild-roſe bulhes. The
water iſſued forth downe the Rocky cliffes in many plan
ces: and such fowleofdiuers kinds bzad vpon the lyoze
and rocks.
While we were at thoje, our men aboud with a few
haks got aboue thirty great Coos and Hadocks, which
gaue vs a tale of the great plenty of file which we found
afterward wherefoeuer we went upon the coat.
Ffrom bence we might diſcerne the maine land from
the udelt-South-WHeft to the Eatt- Porth-Eat, and a
great way (as it then ſæmed, and as we after found it)
vp into the maine we might diſcerne very high moun:
taines, though the maine låmed butlow land; which
gaue vs a hope it would pleaſe God to direa vs to the
diſcouerie of ſome god; although we were dziuen by
winds farre from that place, whither (both by our diregi-
on and delire) we euer intended to thape the courſe of our
voyage.
angole
The next day, being Whit-Sunday; becauſe we rode
to much open to the ſea and windes, we weyed anker as
bout twelue a clocke, and came along to the other glands
moje adioyning to the maine, and in the rode direaly
with the mountaines , about the leagues from the art
Jlamb where we had ankered.
When we came nære unto them (ſounding all along
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The laſt Diſcouery of the
in a gob depth) cur Captaine manned his thip-boat and
ſent her befoze with Thomas Cam one of his mates,
whom he knew to be of god experience, to ſound a ſearch
betweene the Klands for a place ſafe fo2 our ſhippe to ride
in; in the meane while we kept alofe at ſea, bauing giuen
them in the boat a token to Weffe in the thip, if he found a
conuenient Harbour ; which it pleaſed God to ſend vs,
farre beyond our expectation, in a mof ſafe birth defena
ded from all windes , in an excellent depth of water for
ſhips of any burthen, in ür, feuen, eight, nine, and ten fas
thoms vpon a clay oaze very tough.
we all with great ioy pzaiſed God for his unſpeakası
ble godnelle, who had from ſo apparent danger delivered
vs, directed bs vpon this day into lo ſecure an Harbour:
Whitſunday. in remembrance wherot we named it Pentecoft-harbor,
we arriuing there that day out of ourlat Harboz in Eng-
land, from whence we ſet ſaile vpon Eaſterday.
About foure a clocke, after we were ankered and well
mozed, our Captaine with halfe a dozen of our Company
went on ſhoze to läke frely watering, and a conuenient
place to ſet together a pinnefle, which we brought in pies
ces out of England: both which we found very fitting.
Upon this gland,as alſo upon the former, we found(at
our firt comming to ſhoze) where fire had båne made :
and about the place were very great egge thelles bigger
thangoſe egges,filh bones, and as we iudged, the bones
of Come beat.
báre we efpied Cranes (talking on the fooze of a little
Cranes.
Jland adioyning; where we after ſaw they vſed to brød.
Whitfun-munday, the 20 day of May, very early in
the mozning , our Captaine cauſed the pieces of the pin-
nelle to be carried a fhose, where while ſome were bulied
about her, others digged welles to receiue the freſh wa-
ter, which we found illuing downe out of the land in mas
ny places. Våre I can not omit (foz folith feare of ims
putation of flattery) the painfull induttry of our Caps
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North part of Virginia,
taine, who as at ſea he is alwayes molt carefullana bi.
gilant , ſo at land he refuſeth no paines; but his labour
was ever as much oz rather more than any mans: which
not cnly encourageth others with better content, but al-
Co effedeth much with great expedition.
zin digging we found excellent clay foz bzicke o2 tile.
Lhenert day we ünityed a well of god and holeſome
cláre water in a great empty calke, which we left there.
We cat yards, watte fres, and many neceſſaries fo2 our
thip, while our Carpenter and Coper laboured to fit and
furnith fozth the ſhallop.
This day our boat went out about a mile from par Weathed,
thip, and in ſmall time with two oz thé haks was filh.
ed ſufficiently fo2 our whole Company thrée dayes, with
great Cod, Haddocke, and homebacke.
And towards night we d?ew with a ſmall net oftwers Abundance
ty fathoms very nigh the lyoze : we got about thirty ves of many good
lg god and great Lobſters, many Kockfilh, rome Plaiſe, files.
and other ſmall filhes, and fiſhes called Lumpes, verie
pleaſant to the tatte: and we generally obſerued, that all
the filh, of what kinde ſoeuer we tøke, were well fed, fat,
and ſweet in talte.
Wedneſday, the 22 of mpay, we felled and cut wob
foz our ſhips vſe,cleanledand ſcoured our wels, and dig-
ged a plot of ground, wherein , amongd ſome garden
ſeeds, we lowed peaze and barley, which in lifteen dayes
Corne lowed,
grew eight inches aboue ground ; and ſo continued
growing euery day halfe an inch, although this was but
the crutt of the ground, and much inferior to the mould
we after found in the maine.
Friday, the 24 of mpay, after we had inade an end of
cutting wod, and carying water aboud our thippe, with
fouretáne Shot and Pikes we marched about and tho.
row part of two of the Zlands; the bigger of which we
iudged to be foure oz fiue miles in compate, and a mile
broad.
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The laſt Diſcouery of the
The pzofits and fruits which are naturally on theſe
glands are theſe :
Scott (Kal berries.
Goleberries.
The fruits of all along the loze and ſome
Strawberries.
the Ilands, ſpace within , where the Roles.
wod hindereth not , grow
Currants.
plentifully
wuild-vines
Angelica
Birch.
Bách.
Alh.
within the lands growe maple.
wad of lundzy fozts , ſomes Spruce.
berg great, and all tall: Cherry-trée.
Pew.
ke very great and god.
firre-trå, out of which
iQueth Lurpentine in ſo maruellous plenty,and ſo ſwet,
as our Chirurgeon and others affirmed they nener law
ſo god in England. We pulled off much Gumine congea.
led on the outude of the barke, which ſmelled like Frank.
Incenſe. This would be a great benefit foz making
Larre and Pitch.
by mo Wale tayed the longer in this place, not only becauſe of
our god Harbour (which is an ercellent comfozt) but be,
caule euery day we did moze and moze diſcouer the pleas
ſant fruitfulnette ; infomuch as many of our Companie
Withed themſelues fetled here, not erpeaing any further
hopes, 02 better diſcovery to be made.
here our men found abundance of great mufcels as
mong the rocks; and in ſome of them many imalt Pearls:
Pearle. and in one mufcell (which we dzew op in our net) was
found fouretáne Pearles, whereof one ofpzety bignelle
andozient: in another aboue fiftie ſmall Pearles : and if
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North part of Virginis.
VS.
wehad had a Drag, no doubt we had found ſome of great
valew, låing theſe did certainly thew, that here they
werebzed: the thels all glittering with mother of Pearle.
Uwedneſday, the 29 day, our fallop being now finity-
ed, and our Captaine and men furniſhed to depart with
A Crofte
bir from the ſhip: we ſet up a croſſe on the thoje fide vpon
erected.
the rockes,
baina
Thurloay, the 30 of spay,about ten a clock afoze non,
end
our Captaine with 13 men moze, in the name of God,
and with all sur pzaiers fou their p2oſperous diſcouerie,
and ſafe returne, departed in the thallop :leauing the thip
in a god harbour, which before I mentioned, well mozed,
and manned with 14 men.
This day, about fiue a clocke in the afternone, we in The Saluages
the ſhippe eſpied thzee Canoas comming towards vs,
came first to
which went to the iland abioining , where they went a
Thoze, and very quickly had made a fire, about which
ther trod beholding our ſhip: to whom we made Ügnes
with our hands and bats, weffing onto them to come
unto us, becauſe we had not ſeene any ofthe people get. sodir
They ſent one Canoa with the men, one of which,
when they came nere bnto vs, ſpake in his language
very lowd and very boldly: feming as though he would
know why we were there and by pointing with his oare
towards the ſea, we coniectured hement we ſhould be
gone. But when we thewed them kniues and their bre,
by cutting offtiekes and other trifles, as combs and glafs
ſes, they came cloſe aboard our thip, as deſirous to enter-
taine our friendthip. To theſe we gaue ſuch things as
we perceived they liked, when we Chewed them the vſe:
bjacelets, rings, peacocke-feathers, which they fucke
in their haire, and Tabaceo pipes. After their departure
to their company on the thoje, pzeſently came foure o:
ther in another Canoa : to whom we gaue as to the fou:
mer, vling them with as much kindnes as we could.
The Chape of their body is very proportionable, they
are welcountenanced, not very tal roz big,but in ftature
like
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The laſt Diſcouery of the
Three forts like to bs: they paint their bodies with blacke, their fas
of colours
ces, ſome with red , fome with blacke, and ſome with
of painting. blew.
Their clothing is Beauers ſkins,or Deares (kins,cati
ouer them like a mantle, and hanging downe to their
knes, made fad together bpon the lhoulder with leather:
Their clo.
ſome of them had dlæues, molt had none : ſome had bus.
thing and
buskins.
kins of ſuch leather teweb : they baue beldes a pece of
Beauers ſkin betwéne their legs, made fait about their
waffe, to couer their pziuities. This me
They ſuffer no baire to grow on their faces, but on
their head very long and very blacke, which thoſe that
baue wiues, binde bp behinde with a leather ttring, in a
2 long round knot.)
u
They fämed all very ciuill and merrie : thewing fo.
kens of much thankefulnelle, for thoſe things we gaue
them. We found them then (as after) a people of erces
ding god inuention, quicke vndertanding and readie
capacitie. koma
Their boats. Cheir Canoas are made without any iron, of the bark
of a birch trá, ffrengthened within with ribs and hops
of wod, in ſo god fathion, with ſuch ercellent ingenioas
art, as they are able to beare ſeuen oz eight perſons, far
exceeding any in the Indies.
Dne of their Canoas came not to us, wherein we
imagined their women were : of whom they are (as all
aluages) very iealous.
wuhen 3 ligned unto them they ſhould goe flepe, bes
cauſe it was night, they vnderttod pzeſently, and poins
ted that at the thoze, right againt oar lyip, they would
tay all night: as they did.
The nert morning very early, came one Canoa abozd
vs againe with thrá Saluages, whom we eally then
enticed into our thip, and vnder the decke : where we
gauethem pozke, fito, bzead and peale, all which they
did eat: and this noted, they would eat nothing raw,
either fith oz fiely. Ebeg maraelled much and much los
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North part of Virginia.
ked opon the making of our canne and kettle, ſo they did
at a bead-páce and at our guns, of which they are mot
fearefull and would fall flat downe at the repost of them.
At their departure 3 ligned into them that ifthey would
bring me fuch ſkins as they ware I would giue them
kniues, and ſuch things as 3 faw they moữ liked, which
the chiefe of them promiſed to do by that time the Sunne
thould be beyond the middel of the firmament; this I did
to bzing them to an ondertanding oferchange, and that
they might conceiue the intent of our comming to them
to be fou no other end.
Absut 10 a clocke this day we deſcried our Shallop
returning toward vs, which fo fone as we cfpied, we
certainly coniecured our Captaine had found ſome brex-
peded harbour , further vp towaros the maine to bring
the ſhip into, oz fome riuer; knowing his determination
and reſolution not ſo luddenly elſe to make return:Which
when they came nærer they erppelled by ſhoting vols
leies of thot; and when they were come within musket
thot, they gaue vs a volley and haled vs, then we in
the thippe gaue them a great páce and haled them. en
Thus we welcomed them, who gladded vs ercéding
ly with their ioifall relation of their happie diſcouerie,
which lhall appeare in the ſequele. And we likewiſe
gaue them cauſe of inutuall ioy with us, in diſcourfing of
the kinde ciuility we found in a people, where we little
erpeded any ſparke of humanity.
Dur Captaine had in this ſmall time diſcouered up a
great riuer, trending alongłt into the maine about fouty
miles. The pleaſantnelie whereof, with the ſafety of
harbour for foipping together with the fertility of ground
and other fruits, which were generally by his whole
company related, 3 omit, till I report of the whole diſca:
uery therein after performed. Foz by the bzeadth, depth
and Grong tiad, imagining it to run far vp into the land,
be with ſpôd returned, intending to flanke his light hozí,
man foz arrowes, lealt it nright happen that the further
part

The laſt Diſcoueric of the
Trifles left
om thore.
part of the river inhould be narrow, and by that meanes
ſubiect to the volley of @aluages on either lide out of the
wods. din alud
Wntill his returne, our Captaine left on ſhoare where
he landed in a path(which ſeemed to be frequented)a pipe,
a bzach and a knife, thereby to know if the Saluages
bad recourſe that way, becauſe they could at that time fee
none of them, but they were taken away befoze our res
turne thither.
3 returne now to our Saluages, who accouding to
their appointment about one a clocke, came with 4 Cas
noas to the ſhoare of the iland right ouer againt vs.
where they had lodged the latt night, and ſent one Canoa
to vs with two of thoſe Saluages,who had båne a bord,
and another, who then lämed to haue command ofthern:
foz though we perceiued their willingnefle, yet he would
not permit them to come abozd : but he having viewed
bs and our thip, ligned that he would go to the relt of the
coinpany and returne againe. Preſently after their des
parture it began to raine, and continued all that after
none, ſo as they could not coine to bs with their ſkins
and furs,nowe go to them. But after an howze oz there
about, the three which had bæne with vs befoze carre as
gaine, whom we had to our fire and couered them with
our gownes. Dur Captaine beſtowed a thirt vpon him,
whom we thought to be their chiefe, who lãmed neuer
to haue låne any before ; we gaue him a boch to hang
about his necke, a great knife, and leller kniues to the
two other, and to euery one ofthem a coinbe and glate,
the vſe whereof we lhewed them: Whereat they laughed
and take gladly;we vidualled them,and gaucthem aqua
vitæ, which they tatted, but would by no meanes dzinke;
our beueridge they liked well, we gaue them sugar Can.
dy, which after they had taited they liked and delired
moze, anu raiſons which were giuen them; and ſome of
euery thing they would reſerue to carry to their compa.
ng. Wherefore we pittying thetr being in the raine, and
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therefore not able to get themſelves viduall (as we
thought) we gave them bjead and filh.
The intent of
Thus becauſe we found the land a place anſwereable
our kind vlage
to the intent of our diſcouery, viz. fit fo2 any nation to ins of the Salua-
habit, webſed the people with as great kindnes as we ges.
coulo deuile, o2 found them capable of.
The next day, being Saturday and thcürt of June, Wetraded
fraded with the Saluages all the foze-none vpon the with the
thoze, where were eight and twenty ofthem: and becauſe Saluages.
our fhip rode nigh, we were but fiue 02 tire : where fox
knucs, glaſſes, combes and other trifles to the valew
offoure o2 fiue Chillings, wehad 40 god aBea uers ſkins,
Dtters [kins, ables, and other ſmall ſkins, which we
knewe not how to call. Dar trade being ended, mao
ny of them came abord vs, and did eat by our fire, and
would be verie merrie and bold , in regard of oor kinde
vlage of them. Towards night our Captaine went on
ſhoze, to baue a daught with the Sein o: Pet. And we
carried two of thein with vs, who maruelled to læ vs
catch fily with a net. Poft of that we caught we gaue
them and their company. Then on the ihoze 3 learned
the names of diuers things of them :and when they per-
celued me to note them downe,they would of themſelugs,
fetch filhes, and fruit bulhes, and tand by me to ſee me
write their names.
SIN
Dur Captaine thewed them a trange thing which
they wondged at. His ſword and mine hauing båne
touched with the Loadtone; toke vp a knife, and held it
fatt when they plucked it away, made the knife turne,
being laid on a blocke, and touching it with his ſtozd,
made that take up a nedle, whereat they much.maruel-
led. This we did to cauſe them to immagine ſome great
power in vs: and foz that to loue and feare vs.
When we went on those to trade with them, in one of Their Bowes
their Canoas 3 ſaw their bowes and arrowes , which 7 and Arrowes.
foke vp and drew an arrow in one of them, which 31
found to be of trength able to carry an arrow fiue o 2 lire
froze

The laſt Diſcovery of the
fcoze tronglie : and one of them toke it and drew as we
Draw our bowes, not like the Indians. Their bow is
made of Wich Hazell, and ſome of bách in fafylon much
Their Bowes. like our bowes, but they want norks, onely a firing of
leather put through a hole at one end, and made faſt with
Arrowes.
a knot at the other. Their arrowes are made of the ſame
Wwd, ſome of Ath, big and long, with three feathers tied
on, and nccked very artificiallie : headed with the long
Ihanke bore of a Dåre , made very larpe with two
fangs in manner of a barping iron. They haue likewiſe
Their Darts. Darts, headed with like bone , one of which I darted as
mong the rockes, and it bzake not. Theſe they vſe very
cunningly, to kill filh, fowle and beaữs.
Dur Captaine had two of them at fupper with us in
his cabbin to lúe their demeanure, and had them in pjes
ſence at ſeruice : who behaued themſelues very ciuilly,
neither laughing nog talking all the time, and at ſupper
fed not like men of rude education, neither would they
eat oz dzinke moze than ſeemed to content nature; they
delired peale to carry a lhoze to their women, which we
gaue them, with filh and bzead, and lent them pewter
dilhes, which they carefully bzought againe.
In the euening another boat came to them on the
Tabacco
thore, and becauſe they had ſome tabacco, which they
excellent. brought fo, their owne vſe, the other came faz is, making
figne what they had, and offered to carry ſome ofos in
their boat, but foure o, fiue of us went with them in our
owne boat: when we came on thozethey gaue us the belt
Ivelcomethey could, ſpreading fallow Døres ſkins for
vs to fit on the ground by their fire , and gaue vsoffheir
Labacco in cur pipes, which was ercellent, and ſo gene-
rally commended ofvs all to be as godas any we euer
take, being the ſimple leafe without any compoſition,
Grong, and of ſwæt tale : they gaue vs ſome to carry to
our Captaine, whom they called our Balhabes : neithers
did they require any thing føz it, but we would not res
ceiue any thing from them without reinuneration.
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Vére we ſaw foure of their women, who tod behind
them, as deſirous to fæ bs, but not willing to be læne:for
before, whenroeuer we came on ſhoze, they retired into
the wods, whether it were in regard of their owne natu-
rall modeltie, being couered only as the men with the
fozelaid Beauers ſkins, oz by the commanding iealouſly The deſcripti-
oftheir huſbands, which we rather ſuſpected, becauſe it on of their
is an inclination much noted to be in Saluages; wherfoze
Women and
Children,
we would by no meanes féme to take any ſpeciall notice
of them. They were very well fauoured in propoztion
of countenance, though coloured blacke, low offtature,
and fat, bare headed as the men, wearing their haire
long: they had two little male chtldzen ofa yåre and half
old, as weiudged, very fat and of god countenances,
which they loue tenderly, all naked, ercept their legs,
which were couered with thin leather buſkins tewed, fa-
tened with ſtrops to a girdle about their watte, which
they girde vergütreight, and is decked round about with
little round peces of red Copper ; to theſe gaue chaines
and bzacelets, glaſſes, and other trifles, which the Sal-
uages ſeemed to accept in great kindnelle.
at our comming away, we would haue had thoſe two
that ſupped with us, to go abozd and flápe, as they hab
promiſed: but it appeared their company would not ſuf,
fer them. Whereat we might ealily perceiue they were
much gréued : but not long after our departure, they
came with three moze to our thip, ligning to us, that iſ
one of our company would golie on thoze with them, they
would tay with us. Then Owen Griffin(one ofthe two
we were to leaue in the Country, if we had thought it
> needfull oz conuenient) went with them in their Canoa,
and 3 of them taied aborde is, whom our whole compa-
ny very kindly vled. Dur Captaine ſaw their lodging
prouided, and them lodged in an old faile vpon the Dalop;
- and becauſe they much feared our dogs, they were tied
bp whenſoeuer any ofthem came abozo vs.
Owen Griffin, which lay on the fhoje, reported onto
C2
me

The laſt Diſcouery of the
The ceremo- me their maner, and (as I may terme them) the ceremos
nies of g Sal- nies of their idolatry: Which they performe thus. Dne as
uages in their mong them (the eldeſt of the Company, as he indged) ri
idolatry.
ſzth right up, the other fitting till, and loking about,fuos
denly cried with a loud voice, Waugh, Waugh: then the
og bed women fall downe, and lie vpon the ground, and the men
all together anſwering the ſame, fall a itamping round as
bout the fire with both fåt, as tard as they can, making
the ground ſhake , with fundzy out-cries, and change of
voice and Cound. Wany take the fire-ſticks and thzuli
them into the earth, and then relt awhile:ofa ſudden bes
ginning as before, they continue ſo tamping, till the yons ;
ger ſozt fetched from the ſhore many liones, of which cues
ry man toke one, and firt beat upon them with their fire
tricks, then with the tiones beat the earth with all their
trength. And in this maner(as he reported) they continus
ed aboue two houres.
They lie with After this ended, they which haue wires take them as
their wiues part, and withdjaw themſelues ſeuerally into the wod
ſecretly. all night.
Lhe next morning, attone as they ſaw the Sunne rife,
they pointed to him to come with them to our thippe:and
hauing receiued their men from vs, they came with fiue
02 fixe of their Canoas and Company houering about our
thip to whom (becauſe it was the Sabbath day) I igned
they ſhould depart, and at the next Sun riling we would
goe along with them to their houſes : which they under:
ſtad (as we thought) and departed, ſome oftheir Cangas
courting about the 3 land, and the other directly towards
the maine
This day, about fiue a clocke after none, came three
other Canoas from the maine , of which come had båne
with us before ; and they came aboud vs, and bought vs
Sabacco, which we toke with them in their pipes, which
were made of earth, very trong, blacke, and thost, contais
ning a great quantity : Come Tabacco theygaue vrto our
Captaine and ſome to me, in very ciuil kind maner. Uue
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North part of Virginia.
requited them withbread and peaze, which they caried to
their Companyon those, fieining very thankefull. After
fupper they returned with their Canoa to fetch vs a lhore
to tak: Tabacco with tiem there; with whom tir og feuen!
of us went, and caried ſome tridies, if peraduenture they
hadany trucke, among which I caried fome few biſkets,
to try ifthey would erchange for them, ſeeing they lo well
liked to eat them. When we came at there, they molt logolla
kindly entertained us, taking bs by the hands as they had
obſerued we did to them abaid, in token of welcome, and
bought us to fitdowne by their fire, where fat together
thirteene of them. They filled their Tabacco pipe, which
was then the thout claw of a Lovlter, which will hold ten
of our pipes full, and we djanke of their excellent Tabacs
co as much as we would with them ; but we ſaw not any
great quantity to trucke for; and it lämed they had not
much leftofold, foz they ſpend a great quantity yårely by
their continuall dzinking: and they would ligne vnto bs,
that it was growen yet but a fat aboue ground, and would
be aboue a yard hig), with a leafe as broad as sath their
hands. They often would (bypointing to onrpart of the
maine Catward) tigne vnto us, that their abalhabes(that
is, their King) had great plenty of ffurres,and much as of Bathabes is
The dwelling
bacco. Unhen we had ſufficiently taken Labacco with Eaſtward fró
them, 3 Thewed ſome of our trifles foz trade; but they ý great Riuer.
made ligne that they had there nothing to erchange ; fo2
Sport
(as I after conceiued) they had bene kthing and fowling,
and ſo came thither to lodge that night by bs: fo, when
we were ready to come away, they ihewed vs great cups
made very wittily of barke, in forme almoſt ſquare, full of
a red berry about the bignede of a bullis, which they did A red berrie
eat, and gaue us by handfuls ; of which though I liked which they
not the talte) yet I kept Come, becauſe I would by no feede on.
meanes but accept their kindnelle. They dhewed me likes
Wife a great piece of fitt), whereof | tatted, and it was fat
like Porpoiſe; and another kinde of great ſcaly filh, bzois
led on the cales, much like white Salmon, which the
frenchmen
C 3

The laſt Diſcovery of the
Inne 3.
Frenchmen call Aloza, fo, theſe they would have had
bread; which I refuſed, becauſe in maner of erchange, 3
would alwayes make the greateſt eftáme 3 could of our
commodities whatſoeuer; although they ſaw abozd our
Captaine was liberall to giue them, to the end we might
allure them till to frequent vs. Then they chewed me
We had yong foure yong Gollings , fo, which they required foure bil
Goſlings of kets, but I offered themtwo; which they take and were
the Saluages. welt content.
At our departure they made ligne, that if any of vs
would [tay there on Choze, ſome of them would go lie abord
vs : at which inotion two of our Company trayed with
them, and thzé of the Saluages lodged with us in maner
as the night before.
Carly the nert mozning, being qanday the third of
Fune, when they had bought our men abozo, they came
about our thip,earnefflybyfignes deliring that we would
go with them along to the maine , foz that there they had
Ffurres and Labacco to traffique with us. Wiherefoze our
Captaine manned the light-hoaſeman with as many men
as he could well, which were about fifteene with rowers
and all ; and we went along with them. Two of their
pizode Canoas they ſent away before, and they which lay abogd
bs all night,kept company with us to direa vs.
Their Canoa
This we noted as we went along, they in their Canoa
outrowed vs. with three oares, would at their will go ahead of us anda
bout vs , when we rowed with eight cares (trong; ſuch
was their ſwiftnelſe, by reaſon of the lightneffe and artifis
ciall compolition of their Canoa and cares.
When we came náre the point where we ſaw their
fires, where they intended to land, and where they imas
gined ſome few of us would come on those with our mers
chandize, as we had accuſtomed before ; when they had
often numbzed our men very diligently, they ſcoured a.
way to their Campany, not doubting we would haue fols
lowed them. But when we perceiued this, and knew not
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North part of Virginia.
our Captaine,after conſultation,tod off and Wefted them
to vs, determining that I thould go on lyoze firt to take a
view of them, and what they had to traffique : ifhe, whom
at our firſt ſight of them ſámed to be of mott reſpet as
mong them, and bring then in the Canoa, would ttay as
a pawne foz me. Włhen they came to vs (notwithſtarts
ding all our former courtelies) he vtterly refuſed ; but
would leaue a yong baluage : and fog him our Captaine
Tent Griffin in their Canoa , while we lay hulling a little
off. Griffin at his returne repozted, they had there allem
bled together, as he numbzed them, two hundged eighty 283 S aluager.
fhzee Saluages, euery one his bowe and arrowes, with
their dogges, and wolues which they kápe tame at coms
mand, and not any thing to erchange at all; but would
haue drawen vs further vp into a little narrow noke of a
riuer,
, fo, their furres, as they płetended.
Theſe things conſidered, we began to ioyne them in
the ranke of other baluages, who haue béne by trauels
lers in mott Diſcoueries found very trecherous: neuer ats
tempting miſchiefe,vntill by ſome remifnelle, fit oppoztus
nity affwydeth them certaine ability to erecute the ſame.
Wherefoze after god aduice taken, we determined to
fone as bue could to take ſome of them, leatt(being fulpitis
ous we had diſcouered their plots ) they thould abſent
themſelues from vs.
Cueſday, the fourth of June, our men toke Cod and Fish in the
Hadocke with huks by our ihip fide , and Lobiters very Harbour.
great: which befoze we had not trred.
About eight a cocke this day we went on those with
our boats, to fetch abond water and wod, our Captaine
leauing wozd with the Burner in the Chippe , by diſchars
ging a muſket, to give notice if they eſpied any Canoa
comming : which they did about ten a clocke. We theresa
foze being carefull they ſhould be kindly entreated, reques
ted me to go aboud, intending with Diſpatch to make
what halte after he poſſibly could. When I came to theme wod
luip, there were two Canoas, and in either of them thrée
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The laſt Diſcouery of the
Saluages; of whom two were below at the fire, the os
ther traied in their Canoas about the ſhip ; and becauſe
we could not entice them abozd, we gave theni a Canne
of peale and bzead, which they carried to the chose to eat.
But one of them brought backe our Canne pzelently and
taid aboud with the other two ; foz he being yong, of a
ready capacity, and one we moli delired to bring with ds
into England, had recciued ercáding kinde vlage at our
hands, and was therefoze much delighted in our compa:
ny. When our Captaine was come, we conſulted how
to catch the other three at Choze, which we performed
thus.
Suded
Our manner We manned thelight hozleman with 7 02 8 men, one
of taking the tanding befoze carried our bor of Marchandiſe, as we
Saluages.
were wont when I went to tratique with them, and a
platter of peale, which meat they loued : but before we
were landed, one of thein (being to fufpitioudly fearefull
of his owne god) withdrew himſelfe into the wod. Ühe
other two met vs on the thoze fide, to receive the peale,
with whom we went up the Cliffe to their fire and late
Downe with them, and whiles we were diſcuſſing how
to catch the third man who was gone, opened the bor,
and thewed them trifles to exchange, thinking thereby to
baue banilyt feare from the other, and drawen him to res
turne: but when we could not, we bled little delay, but
at ſuddenly laid hands vpon them. And it was as much as
roodfiue ofire ofus could doe to get them into the light hozlea
man. Foz they were trong and Co naked as bur beit hold
was by their long haire on their heads : and we would
haue båne very loath to haue done them any hurt, which
of necelity we had båne conltrained to haue Dóne if we
had attempted them in a multitude, which we mut and
We caught would rather than baue wanted them being a matter of
fiue Saluages, great iinpoztance foz the full accomplement of our voy.
ewo Canoas,
and their
age.
bowes and
Chus we ſhipped fiue Saluages, two Canoas, with
all their bowes and arrowes.
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North part of Virginia,
The nert day we made an end of getting cur web de
bout, and filled our empty caſke with water,
Thurſday, the 6 of June, we ſpent in belowing the
Canoas vpon the ozlop ſafe from hurt, becauſe they were
ſubiea to bzeaking, which ourCaptaine was carefull to
pzeuenf.
Saturday, the eight of June ( our Captaine being des
Grous to finili all buſinelle about this barbour) very ears
lg in the mozning, with the light hozleman, coatteo fue
02 üre leagues about the plands adioining, and founded
all along wbereloeuer we went. Is likewiſe diligently
ſearched the mouth of the Harbour , and about the rocks
which thew themſelues at all times, and are an excellent
Sounded 2-
breach of the water, ſo as no Sea can come in to offend bout the
the Harbour. This he did to inttrud himſelfe, and there, rocks and
by able to direct others that ſhall happen to come to this mouth of the
Harbour.
place. Foz euery where both nåre the rocks,& in all foun,
dings about the Flands, we neuer found letre water than
foure and fiue fathoms, which was ſeldome ; but feuen,
eight,nine and ten fathoms is the continuall ſounding by
the thoze. In ſome places much dåper vpon clap oaze oz
ſoft ſand: ſo that if any bound fo2 this place, ſhould be ei-
ther dziuen oz ſcanted with winds ,he thall be able (with
his direcions) to recouer ſafely his harbour molt ſecurely
in water enough by foure ſeuerall pañages, moze then
which 3 thinke no man of iudgement will defire as
necellarie.
pon one of the lands (becauſe it had a pleaſant fans
dy Coue for ſmall barks totide in) we landed, and found
hard by the ſhoze a pond of freſh water, which flowed 0, A Ponde of
uer the banks, ſomewhat auergrowen with little thrub freſh Water.
trees, and ſearching bp in the land, welaw ii fed with a
ftrong run, which with ſmall labour, and little time,
might be made to dziue a mill. In this land, as in the
other, were ſpzuce trás ofercellent timber and beight,
able to malt fhips of great burthen.
wahile we thus founded from one place to another in
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so

The laſt Diſcouery of the
ſo god dåpes, our Captains to make ſome triall ofthe
filhing himſelfe, caufed a hoke oz two to be catt out at the
Great plenty mouth ofthe harbour, not aboue balfe a league from our
of Cod fim. fhip, where in ſmall time only, with the baits which they
sut from the filh and thrá hoks , we got fily enough for
our whole Company (though now augmented ) fo2 thræ
Daies. which 3 omit not to repost, becauſe it theweth
how great a profit the filhing would be, they being ſo
plentifull, ſo great,and ſo god, with ſuch conuenient 029
ing as can be withed, nåre at hand vpon the Kocks.
This day, about one a clocke after none, came from
the Eałward two Canoas abozs is, wherein was he
that refuſed to tay with bs for a paine, and with him
Gir other Saluages which we had not fáne befoze, who
bad beautified themſelues after their manner Berg gats
lantly, though their clothing was not differing from the
fozmer, yet they had newly painted their faces very dáp,
ſome all blacke, ſome red, with itripes ofercellent blew
Their orna-
ments of gal-
puer their bpper lips, noſe and chin. Dne of them ware a
Jantnefic.
kinde of Cozonet about his head, made very cunningly,
of a ſubtance like ffiffe baire coloured red, broad, and
moze then a handfull in depth , which we imagined to be
Come enligne of his ſuperiozitie : foz he ſo much eftemed
it as he woulo not foz any thing erchange the ſame. D:
ther ware the white feathered ſkins of ſome fowle
round
about their head, iewels in their eares, and bzacelets of
little white round vone , fafined together vpon a leather
Gring. Theſe mabe not anythew that they had notice of
the other before taken, but we vndertod them by their
ſpéch and Egnes, that they came ſent from the Baſhabes,
and that his delire was that we would bring dp our thip
(which they call as their owne boats, a Quiden) to his
houſe, being as they pointed, bpon the main towards the
Eat, from whence they came, and that he would ers
change with bs for furres and Tabacco. But becauſe
Our Company was but finall, and now our delire was
with ſpeed to diſcover up the riuer , we let them önder-
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uer.
ftand, that if their Baſhabes would come to us, he fhoulo
be welcome, but we would not remoue to him. Which
when they ondertod (receiuing of vs bread and fiſh, and
euery ofthemaknife) they departed; foz we had then no
will to tay them long abozd, leat they thould diſcouer
the other Saluages which we had to wed below.
Tueſday, the 11 of June, we paſſed up into the river We went vp
with our chip, about fr and twenty miles. Df which 3 with our ſhip
bad rather not write, then by my relation to detract from into the Ri.
the Worthinele thereof. foz the Kiner, belides that it is
ſubiect by ſhipping to bring in all traffiques of marchan,
dile, a benefit alwaies accounted the richelt treaſury to
any lano: for which cauſe our Thames bath that due des
nomination, and France by ber nauigable Rivers receis
ueth bir greateſt wealth ; get this place of it ſelfe from
God and nature affo deth as much diuerftie of g@b
commodities, as any reaſonable man can with, for pzes
fent habitation and planting.
The firt and chiefet thing required, is a bold coat
and faire land to fall with ; the nert , a ſafe harbour fox
thips to ride in.
The firt is a ſpeciall attribute to this ſhoze,being mod
frá from ſands oy dangerous rocks in a continuall gob
depth, with a moſt excellent land-fall, which is the firt 3
land we fell witb, named by us, Saint Georges lland.
Foz the ſecond, by iudgement of par Captaine, who
knoweth mot of the coat of England, and moit of other
Countries, (bauing bene erperienced by imployments the River
The profits of
in diſcoueries and tragels from his childhod) and by opis
nion of others of god iudgement in our thippe, háre are
moje god harbours foi thips of all burthens, than Eng-
land can affoad, and far moze ſecure from all winds and
weathers, than any in England, Scotland, France of
Spaine. Foz belides without the River in the channell,
and founds about the ilands adioining to the mouth there
of, no better riding can be delired for an infinite number
offhips. The Riuer it felfe as it runnety vp into the main
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The breadth very nigh fozty miles toward the great mountaines, beau
of the River. reth in bzedth a mile, ſometime three quarters, and halfe
a mile is the narrowelt, where you ſhall neuer haue ons
der 4 and s fathoms water hard by the thoje,but 6,7,8,9,
and 1 o fathoms all along, and on both lides euery halfe
mile very gallant Cotes , Come able to conteine almoč
The ground a bundzed ſaile, where the ground is ercellent ſoft oaze
ſoft oaze and (vith a tough day under for anker holo, and where lyips
clay. inayły without either Cable 02 Anker, only mozed to the
thode with a Hauler.
What flowe
of water.
It floweth by their iudgement eighten oa twenty fot
at high water.
Dockes to
Være are made by nature mott ercellent places, as
graue and ca- Docks to graue 92 Carine thips of all burthens : ſecured
rine Tips from all windes, which is ſuch a neceffary incomparable
benefit, that in few places in England, oz in ang parts of
Chriſtendome, art, with great charges, can make the
like.
The Land. Belides, the boydering land is a mot rich neighbour
trending all along on both üdes, in an equall plaine, neis
ther mountainous norocky,but verged with a grane
bozdure of graſe, doth make tender bnto the beholder of
hir pleaſant fertility, if by clenſing away the wmds the
were converted into meddow. 1723
The wood The wod the beareth is not fyzubbing fit only foz felo:
ell, but gooly tall ffirre, Spruce, Birch , Bécb , Dke,
which in many places is not ſo thicke, but may with
Imall labour be made fécing ground, being plentifull
like the outward Ilands with freth water, which trei-
meth downe in many places. cougar la
As we palled with a gentle winde vp with our thip in
this Kiuer, any man may conceius with what admirati-
on we all conſented in iog. gpany of our company who
had båne trauellers in ſunday countries, and in the mott
famous Kiuers, yst affirmed them not comparablc to this
they now behels. Some that were with Sir Walter Ra-
legh in his voyage ta Guiana, in the diſcouery of the His
Her
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uer Orenoque, which echoed fame to the worlds eares, This riuer
gaue reaſons why it was not to be compared with this, preferred be.
which wanteth the dangers of many Shoules, and bro: fore Ore-
ken ground, wherewith that was incombzed. Dthers be noque: and
why.
foze that notable Kiuer in the Weſt Indies called Rio
Grande ; ſome before the Kiuer of Loyer, the Riuer-
Seine, and of Burdeaux in France; which although they be
great and gooly Biuers, yet tt is no detraction from them
to be acrounted inferiour to this, which not only yeelbeth
all the foreſaid pleaſant profits, but alſo appeared infallibly
to vs free front all inconveniences.
I will not prefer it before our riuer of Thames, becauſe
it is Englands richet treaſure; but we all did with thoſe
ercellent Harbours, god deeps in a continuall conuenient
bzeadth and ſmall tide gates, to be aſwell thereinfoour
countries god, as we found thế here(beyond our hopes)
in certaine, foz thoſe to whoin it ſhall pleaſe God to grant
this land for habitation ; which if it had, with the other
inſeparable adherent commodities here to be found; then
would boldly affirme it to be the mot rich, beautifull,
large & ſecure barbouring riuer that the wozld afføzdeth.
Wedneſday,the twelfth of June,cur Captaine manned
his light-horſeman with 17 men, and ranne op from the
Thip riding in the riuer op to the codde thereof, where we
landed, leaving fir to kæpe the light-horſeman till our res
4 turne. Ten of us with our thot, and ſome armed, with a
boy to carry powder and match, marched vp into the
countrey towards the mountaines, which we deſcried at
our firdt falling with the land. Winto ſome of thein the ria
uer brought us fondre , as we judged our ſelues when
we landed to baue bene within a league of them : but
we marched bp about foure miles in the maine, and paſs We marched
ſed ouer the hilles : and becauſe the weather was par- vp into ý land
shing hot and our men in their armour not able to trauet about 4 miles..
farre and returne that night to our ſhip, we reſolued not
topate any further , being all very weary of lo tedious
and labourſoma traucll.
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The laſt Diſcoucrie of the
Good paſure. In this march we palled ouer very god ground, pleas
Cant and fertile, fit fo2 pature, foz the ſpace of ſome the
miles, bauing but little Wod, and that Dke like ttands
left in our paſtures in England, god and great, fit tinber
foz any ble. Some ſmall Birch, Hazle and Brake, which
might in ſmall time with few men be cleanſed and made
god arable land : but as it now is will féd cattell of all
kindes with fodder enough for Summer and wainter.
The foile is blacke, bearing ſunday bearbs , grale, and
ſtrawberries bigger than ours in England. In many
places are lowe Chicks like our Copiles of ſmall yong
Wod. And ſurely it did all reſemble a lately Parke,
wherein appeare fome old trees with bigb withered tops,
and other flouriſhing with líuing gréne boughs. Upon
the billes grow notable high timber trás,mafts foz thips
of 400 tun : and at the bottone of every bill, a little run
offrety water : but the furthelt and latt we palid, ranne
with a great ttreame able to dziue a mill. a
Decre. une might (ée in ſome places where fallow Dáre and
Harcs.
Vares bad bene, and by the rating of ground we ſuppo
Hogges. ſed wilde Bogs had ranged there, but we could deferie no
beaff, becaaſe our noife ftill chaſed them from vs.
we were no funer come about our light-hozleman,
returning towards our hip, but we eſpied a Canoa coms
ming from the further part of the Cod of the river Cal-
Ward, which baded to vs;Wherin, with two others, was y
be who refuſed to ttay foz a pawne : and his comining
was very earneđtly importing to haue one of our mento
go lie on those with their Balyabes (who was there on
loze,as they fit gned)and then the next mozning he would
come to our ſhip with many Furres and Tabacco. This
we perceiued to be only a mére Deuice to get poffeffion of
any of our men, to ranſome all thoſe which we had taken,
which their naturall policy could not ſo (hadow, but we
did eafily diſcouer and preuent. Theſe meanes were by
this Saluage pzadiled, becauſe we had one of his kinſe-
men priſoner, as we iudged by his mo& kinde vlage of
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him being abo®zo vs together.
Thurſday, the 13 of June, by two a clocke in the može
ning (becauſe our Captaine would take the helpe and ads
uantage of the tide) in the light-hozleman with our Coms
pany well prouided and furniſhed with armour and Phot
both to defend and offend ; We went from our thip up to
that part of the riuer which trended Waleſtward into the
maine, to ſearch that : and we carried with bs a Crofle,
to ered at that point, which (becauſe it was not daylight)
we left on the thore vntill sur returne backe; when we
ſet it up in maner as the former for this (by the way) We ſet vp an-
we diligently obſerued, that in no place, either about the other croße.
glands, oz vp in the maine, ez alongłt the riuer , we
could diſcerne any token og ligne , that euer any Chriftis
an bao bene befoje ; of which either by cutting Wod,dig
ging foz water,o2 ſetting up Crofles(a thing neuer omit
fed by any Chriftian trauellers) we fhould baue percei.
ued ſome mention left.
But to returne to our riuer , further dp into which we
then rowed by ettimation twenty miles, the beauty and
gødnette wherof 3 can not by relation ſufficiently des
monttrate. That which can fay in generall is this:
What profit oz pleaſure foeuer is deſcribed and fruly ve.
rified in the former part of the riuer, is wholly doubled in Conueniency
this ; foz the bzedth and depth is ſuch, that any Chip Dzaws of tranſporta-
ing 1702 18 fot water, might have patled as farre as wetion.
went with our light-hozíman,and by all our mens iudges
ment much further, becauſe we left it in fo god depth and
bredth ; which is ſo much the może to be eftámed of grea-
ter worth, by how much it trendeth further dp into the
maine : foz from the place of our thips riding in the bars
bour at the entrance into the Sound, to the furthelt part
we were in this riuer, by our ettimation was not much
lefle than theálcone miles.
From ech banke of this riuer are diuers bzanching
Creames into the maine, wherby is afforded an unſpeak.
able pzofit by the conueniency of tranſpoztation from
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The laſt Diſcouery of the
place to place, which in ſome countries is both chargea.
ble, and not fa fit, by cariages on Waine,02 horſebacke.
Pere we ſaw great tione offilt ſome great, leaping a
boue water, which we iudged to be Salmons. All along
is an ercellent mould of ground. The wmd in mot pla:
ces, eſpecially on the Cat fide, very thinne, chiefly oke
and ſome ſmall yong birch, boldering low vpon the ri-
aer ; all fit for medow and patture ground : and in that
ſpace we went, we had on both fides the riuer many
plaine plots of medow, ſome of thiæ oz foure acres, fome
Meddow and of eight of nine : (vas we iudged in the whole to bebes
Graffe. fwene thirty and forty acres of god građe, and where
the armes run out into the maine, there likewiſe went a
ſpace on both üdes of clére graße, how far we know not,
in many places we might læpaths made to come downe
to the watering.
The excellencie of this part of the Kiuer, for his gød
breadth, depth , and fertile bozdering ground, did lora:
uith us all with variety of pleaſantnelle, as we could
not tell what to commend, but only admired; ſome coms
pared it to the Kiuer Seuerne, (but in a higher degré)
and we all concluded (as J verily thinke we might right:
le) that we (hould neuer ſee the like Kiuer in cuery degree
Pequall, vntill it pleaſed God webeheld the ſame againe.
Foz the farther we went, the moze pleating it was to e,
uery man, alluring bs ftill with erpecation of better, ro
as our men, although they had with great labourrowed
long and eat nothing (foz we carried with vs no viduall,
but a little chåle and bzead) yet they were ſo refrelhed
We were
loath to lcaue with the pleaſant beholding thereof, and ſo loath to fas-
this Riuer, fake it, as ſome of them affirmed, they would haue confi-
nued willingly with that onely fare and labour 2 daies;
but the tide not ſuffering is to make any longer tiay (bez
cauſe we were to come backe with the tide) and our Caps
faine better knowing what was fit then we, and better
what they in labour were able to endure, being terie
loath to make ang deſperate hazard, where ſo little necef-
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titie required, thought it bet to make returne, becauſe
whither we had diſcouered was ſufficient to conceiue
that the Kiuer ran very far into the land. Foz we palled
fir oz fenen miles, altogether freſh water(whereof we all
djanke) fozced up by the flowing of the Salt: Which after
a great while eb, where we left it, by breadth of channell
and depth of water was likely to run by ettimation of our
whole company an unknowen way farther : the ſearch
whereof our Captaine hath left till his returne, ifit lhall
ſo pleaſe God to diſpoſe of him and vs.
Foz we hauing now by the direction of the omnipotent
diſpoſer of all god intents (far beyond the period of our
hopes), fallen with lo bold a coal, found ſo excellent and
ſecure harbour, fo2 as many thips as any nation pzofeſ:
ling Chzil is able to ſet fogth to Sea, diſcouered a Kiuer,
which the All-creating God with his molt liberall hand,
bath made aboue repost notable with his fozelaid bleſs
Ängs, bozdered with a land, whoſe pleaſant fertility be.
wzaieth it ſelfe to be the garden of nature, wherin the on
ly intended to delight hir Celfe, bauing hitherto obfcured
it to any, ercept to a purblind generation, whoſe under-
ftanding it hath plealed God ſo to darken, as they can
neither diſcerne, vſe, o, rightly eſtéine the vnualuable
riches in middet whereof they liue ſenſually content
with the barke and outward rinde, as neither knowing
so do
the ſweetnes of the inward marrow, no, acknowledging
the Deity of the Almighty giuer : bauing I ſay thus far
proceded, and hauing ſome of the inhabitant nation (of
bett underſtanding we ſaw among them) who (learning
our language) may be able to giue vs further indrudion,
concerning all the premiſed particulars, as allo of their
gouernours, and gouernment, atuation of townes, and
what elſe thall be conuenient, which by no meanes others
wife we could by any obſeruation of our ſelues learne in a
long time : our Captaine now wholy intended his p20-
uitton foz (påby returne. For although the time of yere
and our viduall were not ſo ſpent, but we ceuld haue
mads
Subce
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The laſt Diſcoucry of the
returnic.
made a longer voyage, in ſearching farther and trading
foz very god commodities, yet as they might haue bære
The cauſe of
our (peedy
much pzofitable,fo(our company being ſmall) much moze
paeiudiciall to the whole fate of our voyage, which we
were mot regardfull now not to hazard. froz we ſup:
pofing not a little prefent pziuate profit, but a publique
god, and true zeale of pzomulgating Gods holy Church,
by planting Chriđianity, to be the ſale intent of the Yo-
nourable ſetters fwyty of this diſcouery; thought it gencs
rally moff crpedient, by our ſpædy returne, to give the
longer ſpace of time to make pzouifton fb, fo weighty an
enterpaiſe.
Friday, the 14 day of June, carly by foure a clocke in
the morning, with the tide, our two boats, and a little
We ankerd at helpe of the winde, we rowed downe to the riuers mouth
the mouth of
and there came to an anker about eleuen a clocke. Aftere
the Riucr.
ward our Captaine in the light he feman ſearched the
founding all about the month and comming to the Kiuer,
fo2 bis certaine intrudion of a perfea deſcription.
The next day, being Saturday, we wayed anker, and
wito a briefe from the land, we failed bp to our watering
place, and there topped, went on ſhoze and filled all our
empty calke with frelh water.
Our Captain Dur Captaine vpon the Kocke in the middel of the
made his cer- barbour obſerued the height , latitude , and bariationers
saine obferua-
adly bpon his inſtruments.
sion.
1 Aftrolabe.
Dua Semiſphere.
13. Ringe inftrument.
4 Croffe ftaffe.
5 and an excellent compatte
made for the variation.o
The certainty whereof, together with the particulari.
ties of euery depth and ſounding, aſwell at our falling
with the land, as in thediſcouery, and at our departure
from the coat: J refer to his owne relation in the neap of
his Geographicall deſeription, which foz the benefit of os
thers he intendeth mot eradly to publiſh.
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Che temperature of the Climate (albeit a very im. The tempera-
postant matter) 3 had almott palled without mentio: ture of the
ning, becauſe it affo,ded to vs no great alteration from Climate.
our diſpoſition in England; fomwhat hotter vp into the
maine , becauſe it lieth open to the South; the aire ſo
wholeſome, as I ſuppoſe not any of bs found our ſelues
at any time moze bealthfull, moze able to labour, no?
with better toniacks to ſuch god fare, as we partly
by ught, and partly found.
bunday, the 16 of June, the winde being faire, and
becauſe we had ſet out of England vpon a Sunday, made
the glands vpon a Sunday , and as we doubt not (by
Bods appointment) happily fell into our harbour vpon
a Sunday; ſo now (belæching him till with like pzolpe-
rity to blelſe our returne into England our country, and
from thence with his god will and pleaſure to halten our
next arriuall there) we waied Anker and quit the Lana
bpon a Sunday.
Tueſday, the 18 day, being not run aboue zo leagues
from land, and our Captaine for his certaine knowledge
how to fall with the coatt, hauing founded euery watch,
and froin 40 fathoms had come into god déping, to 70,
and ſo to an hundzed : this day the weather being faire,
after the foure a clocke watch, when we ſuppoſed not to
baue found ground ſo farre fromland,and befoze ſounded
in aboue ico fathoms, we had ground in 24 fathomes.
WWherefoze our failes being downe, Thomas King boat-
ſwaine, preſently caſt out a boke, and before he iudged it.
at ground, was fiched and haled up an ercéding great
and well fed Cod: then there were catt out 3 024 moze,
and the fich was ſo plentifall and ſo great, as when our
Captainc would have ſet ſaile, we alldelired him to ſuf-
fer them to take fith a while, becauſe we were ſo delight.
ed to lå them catch ſo great filh, lo falt as the toke came
downe : come with playing with the'hake they take by
the backe, and one of the mates with two hokes at a
lead at fiue Dzaugyts together haled bp tenne filles; all
were
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The laſt Diſcouery of the
were generally very great, fome they meaſured to be fiue
fot long, and three fot about.
This cauſed our Captaine not to maruell at the choul,
A fiſhing ding, foz he perceiued it was a file banke; which (fo2 our
banke, farewell from the land) it pleaſed God in continuance of
his bleđings,to giue vs knowledge of: the abundant p203
fit whereof lhould be alone fufficient cauſe to daw men
againe, if there were no other god both in preſent cer:
taine, and in hope probable to be diſcouered. Lo amplia
fie this with words, were to adde light to the munne: foz
euery one in the lyippe could eaſily account this preſent.
commodity; much moze thoſe ofiudgement, which knew
what belonged to filhing, would warrant (by the helpe
of God) in a lhozt voyage with few god filhers to make
a moje poấtable returne from hence than froin New-
found-land : the filh being ſo much greater, better fed,
and abundant with traine ; of which ſome they delired,
and did bring into England to below among their
friends, and to teſtifie the true repozt.
After, we kept our courſe direaly for England & with
ozdinary winds, and ſometiine calmnes , vpon Sunday
the 14 of July about lir a clocke at night, we were come
We came in- into ſounding in our channell, but with darke weather
$o ſounding, and contrary winds, we were contrained to beat up and
downe till Lueſoay the 16 of July, when by fire a clocke
in the morning we made Sylly, from whence, hindered
with calmes and ſmall winds, upon hurtoay the 18 of
July about foure a clocke after noue , we came into
Dartmouth : Which Dauen happily (with Gods gracia
ous alittance ) we made our laſt and firſt Varbour in
England.
further, I baue thought fit here to adde ſome things
wozthy to be regarded, which we haue obſerued from
the Baluages ſince we take them.
Firſt, although at the time when we ſurpziſed them,
they made their bet relittance, not knowing our purpoſe,
no, what we were, noz how we meant to be them; yet
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after perceiuing by their kinde vlage we intended the nos
harme, tigey haue never ſince fémed difcontented with us,
but very tradable, louing, & Willing by their belt meanes
te ſatiſfie vs in any thing we demand of then, by Words
02 lignes foz their vnderttanding : neither haue they at a
ny timebåne at the leatt diſcozb among themſelues; in
fomuch as we haue not låne them angry,but merry; and
ſo kinde, as if you giue any thing to one of them, he will
diſtribute part to cuery one of the rcit. deglio
Wule haue brought them to vnderffand ſome Englith,
and we onderttand much of their language; fo as we are
able to alke them many things. And this we haue obſer:
ued, that if we thew thein any thing, and aſke them if
they haue it in their countrey, they will tell you if they
haue it, and the ble of it, the difference from ours in big-
nelle, colour, og faume: but if they haue it not,be it a thing
ncuer ſo precious, they wil denie the knowledge of it.
They haue names foz many ttarres, which they will
thew in the armament.
They Thew great reuerence to their king, and are in
great ſubiection to their Gouernours : and they will thew
a great reſpect to any we tell them are our Commanders.
They thew the maner hold they make bread of their
Indian wheat, and how they make butter and cheeſe of
the milke they haue of the Kain-Dére and Fallo-Dere,
which they haue taine as we haue Cowes.
They haue ercellent colours. And hauing fáne our Indico ando-
Indico, they make thew of it, 02 of ſome other like thing ther excellent
colours in the
which maketh as good a blew.
countrey.
Dne eſpeciall thing is their maner of killing the
Wayale, which they call Powdawe; and will deſcribe hts
forme ; how he bloweth vp the water'; and that he is
12 fathoms long ; and that they go in company of their
King with a multitude of their boats, and itrike him with Their killing
a bone made in falhion of a barping iron faſtened to a rope,
of the whale
which they make great and ttroing of the barke of trés,
which they veare out after him : then all their boats
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The laſt Diſcouery of the
come about him, and as he riſeth aboue water, with their
arrowes they hot him to death: when they hauc killed
him & dragged him to thoze, they call all their chicfe lords
together, & ling a ſong of ioy: and thoſe chiefe lozds, whoir
they call Hagamos, diuide the ſpoile , and glue to every
man a hare, which pieces lo diſtributed thev hang upa:
bout their houſes foz pzouilion: and when they bcile them,
they blow off the fat , and put to their feaze, maiz, and
other pulſe, which they eat.
A briefe Note of what profits we ſaw the
Countrcy yeeld in the ſmall time of
our ſtay there.
TREES
Cranes.
Oke of an excellent graine, Ducks great.
ſtrait, and great timber. Geeſe.
Elme,
Swannes.
Beech.
Penguins.
Birch, very tall & great ; of Crowes.
whoſe barke they make Sharks.
their Canoas.
Ravens.
Wich-Hazell.
Mewes.
Hazell..
Turtle-doses.
Alder.
Many birds of fundric co-
Cherry-free.
lours.
Many other fowlsin flocks,
Maple.
ynknowen.
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Spruces
Raine-Deere.
Ape.
Stagges.
Fore.
Fallow-Deere.
Many fruit trees, which we Beares.
knew not.
Wolves.
Beauer.
Engles.
Otter.
Hernepes.
Here.
Cony,
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North part of Virginia.
.
Cony.
Tortoiſes.
Hedge-Hoggs
.
Oiſters.
Polcats.
FRVITS, PLANTS,
Wilde great Cats.
and HERBS.
Dagges : fome like Wolues, Tabaceo, excellent ſweet
fome like Spaniels.
and ſtrong
FISHES.
Wild Vines.
whales.
Strawberries
Seales.
Raſpberries
Cod very great.
Gooſeberries abundance.
Haddocke great.
Hørtleberries
Herring great.
Currant trees
Plaiſe.
Roſe-buefies.
Thornebacke.
Peace.
Rockefiſh.
Ground-ts.
Lobſtar great.
Angelica, a moft foucraigne
Crabs.
herbe.
Muſcels great, with pearles An hearbe that ſpreadeth
in them.
the ground, & ſmelleth
Cockles:
like Sweet Mario Ang
great plenty
Cunner fiſhe.
Very good Dies which ap-
Lamps.
pcare by their painting;
whiting
which they carrie with
Soales.
them in bladders.
The names of the fiue Saluages which we
brought home into England, which are
all yer aliuc, are theſe.
1. Tahanedo, a Sagamo or Commander.
2. Améret
3. Skicowáros >Gentlemen.
4. Maneddo
5. Saffacomoit, a feruant.

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1602
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