The History of Virginia, in Four Parts

Sec. 53. The country being thus taken into the king's hands, his majesty was pleased to establish the constitution to be by a governor, council and assembly, and to confirm the...

Sec. 20. In the meanwhile the treasurer, council and company of Virginia adventurers in London, not finding that return and profit from the adventurers they expected, and rightl...

Sec. 29. I don't pretend to have dived into all the mysteries of the Indian religion, nor have I had such opportunities of learning them as father Henepin and Baron Lahontan had...

Sec. 11. Of fruits natural to the country, there is great abundance, but the several species of them are produced according to the difference of the soil, and the various situat...

Sec. 77. The natural temperature of the inhabited part of the country is hot and moist, though this moisture I take to be occasioned by the abundance of low grounds, marshes, cr...

Sec. 96. Fruits, 259 97. Grain, 261 98. Linen, silk and cotton, 261 99. Bees and cattle, 262 100. Usefulness of the woods, 263 101. Indolence of the inhabitants, 263

The learned and valiant Sir Walter Raleigh, having entertained some deeper and more serious considerations upon the state of the earth than most other men of his time, as may su...

Sec. 96. The extreme fruitfulness of that country, has been sufficiently shown in the second book, and I think we may justly add, that in that particular it is not exceeded by a...

Sec. 21. As for fish, both of fresh and salt water, of shell fish, and others, no country can boast of more variety, greater plenty, or of better in their several kinds.

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF CHESAPEAKE BAY, IN VIRGINIA, BY THE CORPORATION OF LONDON ADVENTURERS, AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS DURING THEIR GOVERNMENT BY A PRESID...

Sec. 7. The soil is of such variety, according to the difference of situation, that one part or other of it seems fitted to every sort of plant that is requisite either for the...

Sec. 1. The Indians are of the middling and largest stature of the English. They are straight and well proportioned, having the cleanest and most exact limbs in the world. They...

Sec. 86. For their recreation, the plantations, orchards and gardens constantly afford them fragrant and delightful walks. In their woods and fields, they have an unknown variet...

Sec. 22. I have already, in the chronology of the government, hinted what the constitution of their courts was in old time, and that appeals lay from the general court to the as...

Sec. 19. Their travels they perform altogether on foot, the fatigue of which they endure to admiration. They make no other provision for their journey but their gun or bow, to s...

That the first constitution of government appointed by them was a president and council, which council was nominated by the corporation or company in London, and the president a...

Sec. 14. Their cookery has nothing commendable in it, but that it is performed with little trouble. They have no other sauce but a good stomach, which they seldom want. They boi...

Sec. 25. As in summer, the rivers and creeks are filled with fish, so in winter they are in many places covered with fowl. There are such a multitude of swans, geese, brants, sh...

Sec. 53. King Charles First establishes the constitution of government, in the methods appointed by the first assembly, 45 54. The ground of the ill settlement of Virginia, 45 5...

Sec. 47. Before I finish my account of the Indians, it will not be amiss to inform you, that when the English went first among them, they had no sort of iron or steel instrument...

Sec. 41. The Indians are not subject to many diseases; and such as they have, generally come from excessive heats and sudden colds, which they as suddenly get away by sweating....

Sec. 8. Besides the governor and council aforementioned, there are three other general officers in that colony bearing his majesty's immediate commission, viz: the auditor of th...

If a parish be of greater extent than ordinary, it hath generally a chapel of ease; and some of the parishes have two such chapels, besides the church, for the greater convenien...

Slaves are the negroes and their posterity, following the condition of the mother, according to the maxim, _partus frequitur ventrem_. They are called slaves, in respect of the...

Sec. 56. The tenure of their land there is free and common soccage, according to custom of east Greenwich; and is created by letters patents, issuing under the seal of the colon...

Sec. 70. The families being altogether on country seats, they have their graziers, seedsmen, gardeners, brewers, bakers, butchers and cooks, within themselves. They have plenty...

The method of bounding the counties is at this time with respect to the convenience of having each county limited to one single river, for its trade and shipping, so that any on...

Sec. 24. When they are about to undertake any war or other solemn enterprise, the king summons a convention of his great men to assist at a grand council, which, in their langua...

Sec. 40. The college, as has been hinted, was founded by their late majesties, King William and Queen Mary, of happy memory, in the year 1692. Towards the founding of which, the...

Sec. 12. There are five sorts of standing public revenues in that country, viz: 1. A rent reserved by the crown upon all the lands granted by patent. 2. A revenue granted to his...

Sec. 43. Their sports and pastimes are singing, dancing, instrumental music, and some boisterous plays, which are performed by running, catching and leaping upon one another; th...

Sec. 9. The method of the Indian settlements is altogether by cohabitation, in townships, from fifty to five hundred families in a town, and each of these towns is commonly a ki...

Sec. 1. Virginia, as you have heard before, was a name at first given to all the northern part of the continent of America; and when the original grant was made, both to the fir...

Sec. 4. The largeness of the bay of Chesapeake, I have mentioned already. From one end of it to the other, there is good anchorage, and so little danger of a wreck, that many ma...

Sec. 82. While we are upon the climate, and its accidents, it will not be improper to mention the diseases incident to Virginia. Distempers come not there by choaking up the spi...

Sec. 65. I can easily imagine with Sir Josiah Child, that this, as well as all the rest of the plantations, was for the most part, at first, peopled by persons of low circumstan...

Sec. 6. The Indians have their solemnities of marriage, and esteem the vows made at that time as most sacred and inviolable. Notwithstanding they allow both the man and the wife...

Sec. 44. The Indians having no sort of letters among them, as has been before observed, they can have no written laws; nor did the constitution in which we found them seem to ne...

Sec. 68. There are three fine public buildings in this country, which are said to be the most magnificent of any in the English America: one of which is the college before spoke...

Sec. 45. The militia are the only standing forces in Virginia. They are happy in the enjoyment of an everlasting peace, which their poverty and want of towns secure to them. The...

from whence proceeds the great reverence they have for a small bird that uses the woods, and in their note continually sound that name. This bird flies alone, and is only heard...

Sec. 62. Christians of all nations have equal freedom there, and upon their arrival become _ipso facto_ entitled to all the liberties and privileges of the country, provided the...

Sec. 46. The Indians had nothing which they reckoned riches, before the English went among them, except peak, roenoke, and such like trifles made out of the conch shell. These p...

Sec. 20. The company get a new grant, and the nomination of the governors in themselves, 24 They send three governors in equal degree, 24 All three going in one ship, are shipwr...

Sec. 18. They have but two ways of raising money publicly in that country, viz: by duties upon trade, and a poll tax, which they call levies. Of the duties upon trade, I have sp...

Sec. 53. They live in so happy a climate, and have so fertile a soil, that nobody is poor enough to beg, or want food, though they have abundance of people that are lazy enough...

Sec. 22. These Indians have no sort of letters to express their words by; but when they would communicate anything that cannot be delivered by message, they do it by a sort of h...

Sec. 76. They have their clothing of all sorts from England; as linen, woollen, silk, hats and leather. Yet flax and hemp grow no where in the world better than there. Their she...

_History of the first attempts to settle Virginia, before the discovery of Chesapeake bay._ PAGE. Sec. 1. Sir Walter Raleigh obtains letters patent, for making discoveries in Am...

Sec. 13. The companies of London and Plymouth obtain charters, 18 14. Captain Smith first discovers the capes of Virginia, 19 15. He plants his first colony at Jamestown, 20 An...

Sec. 11. Spontaneous fruits in general, 102 12. Stoned fruits, viz: cherries, plums and persimmons, 102 13. Berries, viz: mulberries, currants, hurts, cranberries, raspberries a...

Sec. 64. The coin which chiefly they have among them, is either gold, of the stamp of Arabia, or silver and gold, of the stamp of France, Portugal or the Spanish America: Spanis...

Sec. 29. Their quioccassan and idol of worship, 152 30. Their notions of God, and worshiping the evil spirit, 155 31. Their pawwawing or conjurations, 157 32. Their huskanawing,...

Sec. 7. The soil in general, 96 River lands--lower, middle and upper, 96 8. Earths and clays, 98 Coal, slate and stone, and why not used, 98 9. Minerals therein, and iron mine f...

Sec. 22. Constitution of their courts, 205 23. Several sorts of courts among them, 206 24. General court in particular, and its jurisdiction, 206 25. Times of holding a general...

Sec. 21. Great plenty and variety of fish, 117 Vast shoals of herrings, shad, &c., 117 22. Continuality of the fishery, 118 The names of some of the best edible fish, 118 The na...

Sec. 8. General officers as are immediately commissionated from the throne, 196 Auditor, Receiver General and Secretary, 196 Salaries of those officers, 197 9. Other general off...

Sec. 12. Public funds in general, 200 13. Quit rent fund, 200 14. Funds for maintenance of the government, 201 15. Funds for extraordinary occasions, under the disposition of th...

Sec. 77. Natural temper and mixture of the air, 240 78. Climate and happy situation of the latitude, 240 79. Occasions of its ill character, 241 Rural pleasures, 241 80. Annoyan...

Sec. 41. Their diseases in general, and burning for cure, 171 Their sucking, scarifying and blistering, 171 Priests' secrecy in the virtues of plants, 171 Words wisoccan, wighsa...

Sec. 33. Parishes, 210 34. Churches and chapels in each parish, 210 35. Religion of the country, 210 36. Benefices of the clergy, 210 37. Disposition of parochial affairs, 211 3...

Sec. 1. Persons of the Indians, their color and shape, 127 2. The cut of their hair, and ornament of their head, 128 3. Of their vesture, 128 4. Garb peculiar to their priests a...

Sec. 25. Wild Water Fowl, 123 26. Game in the marshes and watery grounds, 123 27. Game in the highlands and frontiers, 123 Of the Opossum, 124 28. Some Indian ways of hunting, 1...

Sec. 19. Manner of their traveling, and provision they make for it, 142 Their way of concealing their course, 142 20. Manner of their reception of strangers, 143 The pipe of pea...

Sec. 24. Their consultations and war dances, 149 25. Their barbarity upon a victory, 149 26. Descent of the crown, 150 27. Their triumphs for victory, 150 28. Their treaties of...

Sec. 44. Their laws in general, 178 Their severity and ill manners, 178 Their implacable resentments, 179 45. Their honors, preferments and authorities, 179 Authority of the pri...

Sec. 56. Tenure and patents of their lands, 225 57. Several ways of acquiring grants of land, 225 58. Rights to land, 225 59. Patents upon survey, 225 60. Grants of lapsed land,...

Sec. 86. Diversions in general, 254 87. Deer-hunting, 254 88. Hare-hunting, 254 89. Vermin-hunting, 255 90. Taking wild turkies, 256 91. Fishing, 256 92. Small game, 256 93. Bea...

Sec. 9. Towns and kingdoms of the Indians, 135 10. Manner of their building, 135 11. Their fuel, or firewood, 136 12. Their seats and lodging, 136 13. Their fortifications, 136

Sec. 22. That they are without letters, 147 Their descriptions by hieroglyphics, 147 Heraldry and arms of the Indians, 147 23. That they have different languages, 148 Their gene...

Sec. 5. Division of the country, 192 6. Division of the country by necks of land, counties and parishes, 192 7. Division of the country by districts for trade by navigation, 194

Sec. 4. Conveniency of the bay and rivers, 93 5. Springs and fountains descending to the rivers, 93 6. Damage to vessels by the worm, 94 Ways of avoiding that damage, 94

Sec. 45. Forts and fortifications, 217 46. Listed militia, 217 47. Number of the militia, 217 48. Service of the militia, 218 49. Other particulars of the troops and companies, 218

Sec. 40. College endowments, 214 41. The college a corporation, 214 42. Governors and visitors of the college in perpetual succession, 215 43. College buildings, 215 44. Boys an...