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JA M E S O TI S
N E W YO R K C I N C I N N A TI C HI C A G O
A M ER ICA N BO O K C O M P A N Y
CO P Y R IG H T, 1 9 1 0, BY
J AM E S OTIS KAL E R
E N TE R ED AT ST A T I O N E R S HAL L , L ON D ON
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F OR E WOR D
3
4 F OR E W O R D
JA ME S OT I S .
CON T E N T S
P AGE
W HO I AM
L E FT AL ON E IN TH E WOR L D
A N IDLE B OY
CAP T A IN JO HN SM ITH CO M E S T o L OND ON
M EE TIN G CAP T A IN SM ITH
CAP T A I N SM ITH S PEA K S TO M E
T H E P LAN S OF TH E L ON D ON CO M PA NY
T H E V E SS EL S OF TH E F LEE T
H O W I E ARN ED M Y P A SS AGE
W H E N TH E F LEE T S E T S A I L
T H E V OY AGE D ELA Y ED
N A TH ANI EL S S TO R Y
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W E M A K E S A I L AGA IN
T H E F I R S T I S LA N D
CAP T A IN S M I TH A CC U S ED
CAP T A IN S M ITH A P R I S ON ER
I A TT E N D M Y M A S T ER
S E V ERAL I S LAN D S V I S IT ED
A VARI E TY OF W I LD GA M E
T H E T EM PE S T
T H E N E W CO U NT R Y S I G HT ED
T H E L EADER N OT K NO WN
ARR I VAL A T CH E S APEA K E B A Y
AN A TT A CK B Y TH E S A V AGE S
R EA D IN G TH E L ON D ON CO M PA NY S ORDER S
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CAP T A IN S M ITH A M E M B ER OF TH E CO U N CI L
6 CONTENT S
P AGE
T H E V I S IT OF P O CA HONT A S
CAP T A IN K E N DALL S P L OT
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T H E D EA TH OF CAP T A IN K E N DALL
CAP T A I N S M ITH S E X PED ITION A N D R E T UR N
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A N E X CITIN G A D V E NT URE
T A K E N B E FO RE P O W HA T AN
P O CA HONTA S B EG S FO R SM ITH S L IF E
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T H E E F F E CT OF CAP T A IN S M ITH S R E T UR N
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A N E W CH URCH
CAP T A IN N E WP O R T S R E T URN
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GO LD S EE K ER S
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A W O R TH LE SS CARG O
T H E CON D ITION OF TH E CO L ONY
T O B A CCO
CAP T A I N N E W P O R T S R E T UR N
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GA $ IN G A T TH E W OM E N
M A S T ER H U NT B R IN G S GREA T N E W S
CAP T A IN N E WP O R T S I N S T RU CTION S
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T H E S TO R Y OF R O A NOK E
T H E CR O WNIN G OF P O W H A T A N
P REPAR IN G FO R TH E F U T URE
S T EAL IN G TH E CO M PANY S G OOD S
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W H A T TH E T HI E V I N G L E D T O
F EAR OF F AM I N E IN A L AN D OF P LE NTY
T H E UNH EAL THF UL L O CA TION
GA TH ER IN G OY S T ER S
P REPAR IN G S T URGE ON FO R F OO D
T URPE NTIN E A N D T A R
T H E M A KIN G OF CLAP B O ARD S
P R O V I D IN G FO R TH E CHI LDRE N
D REA M S OF TH E F U T URE
8 C ONTENTS
A P LAGUE OF R A T S
.
T H E N E W LAWS
T H E A CCI DE NT
CAP T A IN SM ITH S D EPAR T URE
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S T AR V IN G T I M E
$
T HE
$
T H E YO UN G P LAN T ER S
R IC HA R D O F JA M E S T O W N
WH O I AM
S heep ,
whenever I passed them and ,
9
RI CHARD OF JAMESTOWN
L E F T A L ON E IN TH E W OR D L
new world when the land has been covered with towns
,
ness of trees .
and how yet more sad is his lot when he has l o s t both
parents I made shift to live as best I might with a sore
,
I DLE B OY
among my acquaintances ,
Should have more pride than to beg his way from door
to door .
Turkish army and had cut Off the head of each in turn
, .
CA P TAIN J O H N SMITH CO MES T O L OND ON 1
3
to se e him $
We loitered about the streets of London town from
daylight until night had come again hoping to feast ,
we saw him n o t . .
We had searched
London town over
and over for may
hap a full month ,
—
dangers of that terrible journey over s eas if so be we ,
found an o pp o rtunity .
bee n made .
MEE T I N G A P TA I N S MI TH
C
I will pass over all that which Natha n iel and I did
M EETIN G CA P TAIN S MIT H 1 5
certain morning on
C he aps i d e whe n ,
quarrelsome fellows
were done playing
upon each other s heads with sticks and stones
’
.
A P T A I N S MI TH S PE A KS
C TO M E
with the hope of making yourself rich and you not out ,
.
$
tore from his tablets the name of the street in which he,
could read .
1 3 RI CHARD OF J AMESTOWN
TH E P L A NS OF TH E L O N D O N C OMP A NY
please me to have
him as comrade .
seaman .
the vessels .
TH E VE SS E LS OF T H E F L EE T
near to o n e hundred
tons in size $ the Good
s peed of forty tons and
, ,
A n d HOW l e St s o me
, T he Su sa n Co n s ta t
n
20 RI CHARD O F JAMESTOWN
measurement o f a ve s
s e l by tons means that ,
Now in measuring a ,
vessel a to n is reck ,
ship.
HOW I E A RN E D MY P A SS A GE
C ap t ai n S m i th my ,
seemed to me to be o f n o little
,
London town .
town .
W H E N TH E F L EE T SE T SA I L
were made for our safe journeying and there was much ,
T H E V OYA GE D E L AYED 3
TH E VO Y A GE D E LA Y E D
summoning me $ but
before the cry could
escape my lips I ,
Peacock $ $
It can well be
guessed that I was sitting bolt upright in the narrow
bed which sailors call a bunk by the time this had
, ,
i f I had n o t hap
pened to be there at
that very moment .
AS i t was I went ,
directly to Cap
tain John Smith ,
WE M A K E S A I L A GA IN
also came that day when the winds were favoring $ when
Captain Newport the admiral of our fleet gave the word
, ,
now .
TH E F I R ST I S LA N D
'
C A P T A I N S M I TH A CCU S E D
C A P T A I N S M I TH A PRI S O N ER
a prisoner .
when all the chief men o f the company were met in the
great cabin and he declared that when i t was possible
, ,
t h a t h e d e c l a re d
himself innocent of
wrong doing .
B ut for Captain
Go s n o l d and Master
Hunt the p r eacher , ,
I A TTEN D MY M A STER
in half an hour ,
even as if it had
been over a roaring
hot fire .
A fter that we
passed many is
lands the names ,
o f which I could
not disc o ver until ,
we came to anch o r
within half a mus
ket shot from the
-
A T L A N T IC OC E A N
S$
CA R IBBE AN g
A VAR I E TY OF WI L D G AME
an animal fashioned
like unto nothing I
A V ARIETY OF WI L D GAME 37
He declared that
the birds and their
eggs were S O p l e n ti
ful t h at the whole
island was covered
with them $ that o n e
could not s e t down
his foot save upon eggs o r birds sitting o n their nests
, , ,
TH E T E M PE ST
cover i f we w ere
venturing into shoal
water .
Nathaniel and I
used to stand by
watchi ng them and ,
wishing that we
might be allowed to
throw the line but ,
up our courage to
s a y so k n o w i n g
,
T H E N EW C O UNT R Y S IG HT E D
TH E L E AD ER N OT KN O WN
AN A TT A CK BY TH E S A V A GE S
$
They have had a ba ttl e with some o n e master I ,
d ance .
that they might return to the ships and then it was that ,
fleet.
Kendall .
C A P T A I N S MI TH A MEM B ER OF TH E C O U N CI L
o f E ngland .
EX PL ORI N G TH E C O U NTR Y
yet it would be so
much labor lost be ,
the P a s p a h e g h e s whose ,
bra i ns with .
return .
T H E PEOP L E L A N D F RO M TH E SH IP S
to me that the land lay so low that when the river was
at its height the dampness must be great and there , ,
A P T A I N S M I TH PROVE N
C I N N OCE N T
the result o f the trial was that they gave him his right
ful place at the head of the company .
WE WH O W ERE L E F T B E H I N D
BA K I N G B R E AD W I T H O U T O VEN S
AN U N E $ UAL D IVI S I O N OF L AB OR
Company .
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BU I LD I N G A H O U S E OF L OG S
A fter this had been done the ends under the roof
,
the weather .
K EEPI N G H O U S E
it might be as he desired .
The floor o f the house was only the bare earth beaten
down hard We lads made brooms by tying the twigs
.
L A CK OF CL E A NL I N E SS
IN T H E VI LL A GE
ground that they were little better than beasts of the field
,
.
T H E GO L D E N F EVER
I ca n well under
stand n o w that I am
,
D U CKS AN D YSTER S
O
them less than six inches long a n d many twice t hat size
, .
ten while my master warned them that the day might come
when they would be hungry to the verge o f starva t ion .
RO A ST I N G O YST ER S
f o u n d it very
agreeable to the
stomach .
Before telling
his companions
the result of his
experiment he ,
instead of ex
p l o r i n g the land
any further on
that day our gentlemen spent their time gathering and
,
L E A RN I N G TO C O O K O TH ER T H IN G S
of us is kept busy
p i c k i n g up the
grains that fly here
and there as if pos
sessed of an evil
spirit N e wsaInp iS
.
has grown hard the ears as plucked from the stalks may
,
—
ears together with a half score o f the bread balls such
,
least once each day will not live above seven years and ,
Captain Smith says that wise men may grow fat w here
fo ols starve therefore he gathers up all the S weet
,
A T O U CH OF H O M E S I CKN E SS
for the two talk long and earnestly over the matter o f
the Council a n d at su ch times it is as if he went out
,
’
M A ST ER HU NT S PRE A CH I N G
’
I have heard from him that which has taken the S ick
ness for home out o f my heart O ur people are n o t
.
N EG L E CTIN G TO PROVI D E F OR T H E F U TU RE
vision fo r a harvest .
S U RPRI S E D BY S A V A GE S
arms nor training that each should know what was his
, ,
STRE N G THE N I N G T H E F OR T
This work took all the time of the laborers until the
summer was gone and in the meanwhile the gentle
,
—
there remained no more than one half pint of wheat
to each man fo r a day s food ’
.
A T IME OF S I CKN E SS AN D D E A TH
were n o longer
hungry thanks to ,
those who had been our bitter enemies the chief men
,
C A P T A I N SM I TH G A I NS AU TH ORI TY
gi ven h i m fu ll
c h a r g e o f every
thing save the deal
ings which might
be had later with the
London Company ,
G r e a t l y did we
rejoice thereat for,
84 RI CHARD OF JAM EST O WN
D I S A GREE AB L E ME A S URE S OF
D I S CIP L I N E
O n e wou ld
have thought
m y m aste r
had made this
rule for his own particular pleasure for straightway,
tain Smith .
S IGNS OF RE B E LL I O N
N ow i t can well
be u n d e r s t o o d
'
that such m eas
u res as thes e
caused n o little in
the way of rebel
lion and during
,
the two h o u r s
N i c h o l a s Skot
cried the proc
l a m a ti o n through the streets and lanes
o f the village ,
the gen t lemen wh o had
88 RI CHARD OF J AMESTO WN
He sa t there fur ,
b i sh i n g his match
lock a s if having
nothing better with
which to occupy
the time $ but as ,
drinking in every
w o r d o f mutiny
which was u t tered .
Then as if he
,
Two o f my master s ’
fo l l o w e rs wo u l d
pounce upon the fel
low who was making
the air blue with
oaths and throwing
, ,
Now y o u m a y
fancy that this was not very harsh treatment $ but
I afterward heard those who had been thus pun
i s h e d s a y that they would choose five or s i x stout
,
BU I L D I N G A F OR TI F I E D VI L L A GE
TR A PPI N G TUR K E Y S
manner .
TRA PP ING T U RKEYS 95
to his belief .
A R UD E K I N D
C OF H IM N E Y
C
F irst
you must know however that when o u r houses
, ,
take all the vessels from the coals and throw water upon
,
C O O K I N G A TUR K E Y
the wooden spit and when thus placed the bird will
,
C A N DL E S OR R U SHL IG HTS
, , ,
In such manne r
cheerful in appearance .
TH E VI S I T OF PO CA H O NT A S
nor less than a big turkey weighing more than two score
pounds and roasted to a brownness which would cause
,
, ,
,
.
CA P T A I N K E N DA LL S P L OT ’
tain way under disgrace since the plot with which they
charged my mas ter had been shown to have been of
their own evil imaginings They at once s e t about .
afoot.
16 4 RI CHARD O F JAMESTO WN
TH E D E A TH OF C A P TA I N KEN DA LL
desert and steal from us and Cap tain Smith gave the
,
hominy R iver .
AN E X CI TIN G AD VE NTURE
saw that one of the men had been taken prisoner while ,
run away $ but that Captain Smith held him fast while
he fired one of his pistols to keep the enemy in chec k $ .
tribe .
being able to save his own life for there was no longer
,
PO CA H O NT A S B EG S F OR S M I TH S L I F E
’
again.
TH E E FF E CT O F A P TA I N S MI TH S RE T URN
C
’
food .
ing .
trouble .
A N EW R H
CH U C
’
the future life and those who followed the preacher s
,
CA P T A I N N E WPOR T S RE T UR N
laborers in plenty .
forty feet distant from the fort was seized upon by the
,
I I 8 RI CHARD OF JAMESTO WN
W hen he was
done the sand re
,
so he and my
master claimed ,
A W OR THL E SS A RG O
C
and Master Hunt did all they could even going SO far ,
T O BA CCO
O
Y o u must kn ow that the seed of tobacco is even
o ff
.
like to get its full size before harvest time the tops are
,
ti e d in small bunches $
these are hung under
a shelter s o that the
dew may n o t come
to them until they
,
I l l
are cured the same
as hay .
1 24 RI CHARD OF J A ME S TO WN
’
CA P T A I N N E WP OR T S RE T UR N
pricks i t .
M A ST ER HU NT B RIN G S GRE A T N E W S
eyes upon the ship which had s o lately come from the
country I might never see again and wa s trying to cheer
,
$
It is nothing of such fanciful nature R ichar d
Mutton the good man replied with a smile though I
,
$
,
$
They have elected yo ur master Captain John ,
1 28 RI CHARD O F JAMESTO WN
Smith President o f the
,
My master Presi
dent o f the Council at
last $ I cried and the
$
,
from there .
$
But how di d they chance suddenly to gather their
wits $ I cri ed wi th a laugh In which Master Hunt
$
,
joined .
$
It was done after Captain Newport had speech with
Master R atcli ffe and while I know nothing for a cer
,
T H E ST OR Y OF RO A N O K E
fleet they all went home not daring to stay any longer
, , .
word Croatan ,
which is the name o f an Indian
$
That was the last ever heard o f all those hundred and
sixteen people F ive di fferent times Sir Walter R aleigh
.
.
You can s e e by the story that the London Company ,
TH E C RO WN I N G OF P OWH A T A N
o f Virginia .
proper order .
PREP A RI N G F OR TH E F U TU RE
square .
ST E A L I N G TH E C OMP A NY S GO O D S
’
had done .
were to o lazy to
get otherwise .
They even
went so far ,
some Of those
who thought it
more the part
of a man to wear silks than build himself a house as to ,
satisfaction .
FE AR OF F A MI N E IN A LAND OF P L E NTY
Smith when told what we had in the larder for the next
,
TH E U NH E A LTH F U L L O CA T I O N
has said that there was much reason why many of our
men hugged their cabins counting it a most arduous task
,
—
to go even so far up the river as were the oyster beds .
1 42 RI CHARD OF J AMESTO WN
ship s boat we ’
,
to spoil them .
amount o f fat .
The pine tree i s cut into short pieces even the roots ,
turf .
make the splint very thin on the inner edge The frow .
E nglish ports .
PR OVI D I N G F OR TH E C H I L D RE N
Master Hunt has written the facts out fairly to the end ,
to the end that men and women who had large families ,
D RE A M S OF T H E F U TURE
same animals .
TRE A CH ER Y D URI N G C A P T A I N S MI TH S AB S E N CE
’
ened by all the brown men living near about the shores
of the bay as i f they had sudd enly made up a plot to
‘
It was whil e
my master was
away that two
Dutchm en
who came over
in the P h oen i x
and had gone
with C a p t a i n
Smith in the
CA P TAIN SM ITH S S P EE CH ’
1 51
, ,
C A P T A I N S MI TH S S PEE CH ’
for more help from Powhatan and the time has come ,
'
swea r solemnly that yo u shall not only gather for your
selves the fruits which the earth doth yie l d but for those ,
as Go d wills .
TH E A CCI D E NT
who had run away from his home was rapidly mak i ng
a man of himself in Virgini a an d would one day c o me
,
C A P T A I N S MI TH S ’
D EPA R T URE
who had ever been the most friendly friend and the most
manly man one could ask to meet .
TH E ST A RVI N G T IME
OUR C O UR A GE GI VE S OUT
dred and fifty men they did not have among them
,
with the new world forever and yet within less than
,
o u r sorrow to thankfulness .
L OR D DE L A W A RR ’
S A RRIV A L
cooking fo r him
such a dinner as
we three had not
known these s i x
months past .
I have finished
my story of James
town having s e t
,
the re whil e we
were with Captain
John Smith .
TH E Y O U N G P L A NT ER S
men o f the land S hed the blood of white men like water ,
YE AR
A r old Soh r b d Ru tu m
n
’
s a an s
B l dw i
a Fi fty F mou Stori R told
n s
’
a s es e
G ol d Fl en e ece
N i C hoi P o m ne ce e s
Ol d Gr k St ori ee es
Ol d Stor i o f th E t es e as
Th ir ty M or F mou S t ori R t ol d e a s es e
B di h Ol d N or S tori
’
ra s s se es
Cl rk A r bi N i ght
a e s
’
a an s
St ory o f T roy
Story o f Uly sse s
Story o f A e n e as
Di k c C hil d Oli T w i t d D i d C pp fi l d
ens s
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s ve r s an av o er e
S tory o f L i tt l N ll $Gord o $ e e n
T l o f T w o Ci ti a e
$ K ir k $ es
T w l v C h ri t m S torie
$ Gor
e d o $ s as es n
Fr kl i Au tobiogr ph y
an n s
’
a
G b M y th f Gr d R om
’
u e r er s s o e e c e an e
M y th o f N or th r L d s e n an s
L g d o f th M i d d l A g
e en s e e es
H ll Hom ri S t ori
a
’
s e c es
I rv i g Sk t h Boo k S l to
’
n s e c . e ec i ns
T l f Tr v l r a es o a a e e
J o h ons W t N
n 8o’
t W t N o t S t ori
as e an es
K u pf r L i v d St ori W or th R m mb ri g
’
e 3 e s an es e e e n .
L mb T l from Sh k p r
a s
'
a es Com d i $ R ol f $ a es ea e . e es e
T l from S h k p r a es Tr g d i $R ol f $ a es ea e . a e es e
M acau l y L y o f A i t R om $Rol f $
a s a s nc en e e
S ott I v ho
’
c s an e
L dy o f th L k $G t w y $
a e a e a e a
$ u t i D ur w r d en n a
T li m $D w y $ a s an e e
Sh k p r uliu C r ’
a
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es ea e s s aesa
M r h t of V i e c an e n ce
A Y Lik It s ou e
Smy th R y rd t h F ’
e s e na e ox
SC H OOL E D IT ION S OF
S T A N D A R D F IC T ION
Bal d w in s D on $ ui xot fo r C h il d r n
’
e e
S to r i s of th K i g e e n
C oo p r s A d v nt ur s of D rsl y r $H a ight $
e e e ee a e
C oo p r s L as t of th M ohic a n s $H a igh t$
e
’
e
C oo p r s A dv nt ur s f P a th find r $H ight $
e
’
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D fo s R o b in s on Cru o $S t p h n $
e e
’
s e e e s
D fo s R o b in s on Crus o R to l d $B ldw in $
e e
’
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i ty S ho p $G o r don$
os
D i k n s s T al of T w o C iti $K i r k$
c e
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en s
’
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D ick n s s C hi l d s O l i v r T wi s t
e
’
d D a v id C pp r
’
e an o e
fi l d $S v ra nc $ e e e e .
L m bs T l s fr o m S h k sp — C o m di s R o l f
’
a a e
$ $ a e e ar e e e e
L amb T l s fr o m S h k p ar — T ra g di s $R o l f $
s
’
a e a es e e e e e .
L ambs C o m di s a nd T ra g di s $R o l f $
’
e v o lum
e e e e one e
S cott s K ni l w o r th $N o rri $
’
e s
S cott s $ u ntin D ur w ar d $N o rr i $
’
e s
S cott s T al i m n $D w y $
’
s a e e
S cott s I v nho
’
a e
HE SE m t rpi c s Of s t nd rd l it ra t ur s ho uld b
as e e e a a e e e
fam i l i ar to v ry chi l d N ot on ly w i ll th y p r o v
e e b . e e a
c r at a l o v f good l it r t ur
e e e d a w a k n i n ch ildr n a
or e a e, an e e
d i r to r a d oth rs f th au tho rs w o r ks
es e e e o e se
’
.
H I thn i r p r s t di t
e ion s th o r igin l
e enn arr ti v s h aev b n , e a a e e ee
alt r d o ly s o mu ch as w
e e n c ssary to ma k th m co mpr as n e e e e e
e ar li e s t y e ars i n w h i c h t h e s e bo o k s c an be re ad to ad v an t ag e .
A r ol d
n tori o f A i t P opl
’
s S es nc e n e es
B l dw i A br h m L i ol
’
a n s a a nc n
Co qu t f t h Ol d N orth w t
n es o e es
Di o v ry o f th Ol d N orth w t
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