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Title: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860
Year: 1860 (1860s)
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Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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outh Virginia was extended northward to thehead of Chesapeake Bay. The Supreme Coun-cil was vested with full power to fill vacancies inits own body, and to appoint a Governor for Vir-ginia, whose rule was made absolute. The lives,liberties, and property of the settlers were at hisdisposal. They were compelled to contribute acertain share of their earnings to the proprietors,and were mere vassals at will under a petty des-potism. Lord De la Warr (Delaware) was appointedGovernor, and Sir Thomas Gates his deputy.The latter sailed for Virginia with Newport, whocommanded a fleet of nine ships, bearing morethan five hundred emigrants destined for theJamestown colony. The fleet was dispersed bya storm, the deputy Governor was in one of thevessels wrecked on the shores of the Bermudas,but the great body of the immigrants, in sevenships, arrived at Jamestown in safety. A greaterportion of them were more profligate, if possible,than their predecessors in the colony. They CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. 739
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THE HUMILIATION OF OPECnANCANOTTGII. were dissolute scions of wealthy families, andmany of them came to avoid punishment forcrimes at home. They regarded Virginia as aparadise for libertines, and affected to believe thecolony to be without a head until the Governoror his deputy should arrive. Smith, on the con-trary, boldly asserted his authority as President,and maintained it until an accident in autumncompelled him to go to England for surgical aid.He had been to the Falls (Richmond) of theJames River, to visit a settlement there, andwhile asleep in his boat, when going down the river to Jamestown, a bag of gunpowder lyingnear him exploded, and burned his clothes andlacerated his flesh in a shocking manner. Heleaped overboard to extinguish the flames andbarely escaped drowning. In this condition hewas conveyed to Jamestown, when Radcliffe andArcher, who were about to be tried for their mis-demeanors, seeing his helplessness, hired a mis-creant to murder Smith in his bed. The heartof

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