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... twenty others , were sent to discover the head of the river : by divers small habitations they passed , in six days they arrived at a town called Powhatan , consisting of some twelve houses , pleasantly seated on a hill ; before it ...
... twenty others , were sent to discover the head of the river : by divers small habitations they passed , in six days they arrived at a town called Powhatan , consisting of some twelve houses , pleasantly seated on a hill ; before it ...
Page 55
... twenty turkeys , conditionally to return him twenty swords , which immediately [ were ] sent him . Now after his departure , he presented Captain Smith with ENGLISH COLONIZATION : VIRGINIA , 1607-1609 55.
... twenty turkeys , conditionally to return him twenty swords , which immediately [ were ] sent him . Now after his departure , he presented Captain Smith with ENGLISH COLONIZATION : VIRGINIA , 1607-1609 55.
Page 174
... twenty sail well furnished , made me Admiral of the country for my life under their hands and the colony's seal for ... twenty hundred pounds , besides her furs . Six or seven more went out of the west , and some sailors that had but a ...
... twenty sail well furnished , made me Admiral of the country for my life under their hands and the colony's seal for ... twenty hundred pounds , besides her furs . Six or seven more went out of the west , and some sailors that had but a ...
Contents
John Smith and the Promise of New England Selec | 125 |
PART | 149 |
John Smiths Written Testimony to the Commission | 158 |
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