CHAPTER II.

_Discovery of Chesapeake bay by the corporation of London adventurers; their colony at Jamestown, and proceedings during the government by an elective president and council._

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 account of Jamestown island, 20 16. He sends the ships home, retaining one hundred and eight men to keep possession, 20 17. That colony's mismanagement, 21 Their misfortunes upon discovery of a supposed gold mine, 21 18. Their first supplies after settlement, 22 Their discoveries, and experiments in English grain, 22 An attempt of some to desert the colony, 22 19. The first Christian marriage in that colony, 23 They make three plantations more, 23