The Birth of the Nation, Jamestown, 1607

CHAPTER XXIII

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Legends of the Old Stone House: Pocahontas; Smith; Blackbeard 340-352 and his Hidden Treasure; Nathaniel Bacon. Conclusion

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The First English Church in America Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

Queen Elizabeth 8

King James I. 20

Old London--1607 44

Memorial erected by Clergy of the Episcopal Church at 52 Jamestown Island

"The trembling Indian in his canoe hurried past it 68 with bated breath"

Smith's Island, where John Smith was captured by the 124 Indians

The Mirror in the Woods 138

"She rushed forward, and laid her own head upon his" 144

King James and a Petitioner 162

Powhatan Oak, over Three Hundred Years Old 166

Old Fort--Jamestown Island 180

"The newly crowned potentate started with terror" 200

"'Powhatan comes to kill you all'" 222

Captain George Percy 258

St. Luke's, near Smithfield, built in 1623. The 266 Oldest Protestant Church in America

Captain John Smith. From the Bust by Baden-Powell 270

Lord Delaware 286

Pocahontas Memorial Window 290

Marriage of Pocahontas 312

Powhatan Rock, under which the Indian Chief is said 320 to be Buried

Pocahontas at Court 322

Royal Palace, Whitehall 328

Jamestown Church Tower 336

THE BIRTH OF THE NATION

INTRODUCTORY