upon a log of wood, and a huge club was raised by the strong arms of Powhatan himself, to strike the tatal blow.

6. But the blow was not struck, and the prisoner's life. was saved. Pocahontas, the daughter of Powhatan, a beautiful girl of about twelve years, had been, all this time, a silent spectator of the scene. When she saw the upraised club about to descend upon the victim's head, she

sprang forward, threw herself upon his breast, and with eyes streaming with tears, begged his life of her father. Moved with pity, he hesitated, then glancing around, he saw in the faces of the chiefs present that they also were deeply moved. The club fell from his hands. He took his weeping daughter in his arms, and gave the prisoner his life.

6. Was he killed? How was his life saved? Can you describe the scene?

7. The next day Captain Smith was conducted to Jamestown in safety, after having been a prisoner about seven weeks. Before his return to Jamestown he made a treaty with Powhatan, the Indian king agreeing to be at peace with the English, and always to regard Captain Smith as his son. But soon afterwards he again became angry with the whites, and made a plot by which he hoped to be able to destroy them all at one blow. The colony was saved by Pocahontas. The night before the time set for the execution of the plot was dark and stormy; notwithstanding the storm and darkness, this devoted girl proceeded to Jamestown, revealed the plot to Captain Smith, and returned to her own home the same night. The colony was saved, and through the influence of Smith peace was once more made.

8. In the year 1609, a great misfortune befel the colony. Captain Smith was seriously wounded, accidentally, and was compelled to return to England for the benefit of his health. He never revisited Jamestown; but in the year 1614 he sailed from England for the coasts north of Virginia. He made a prosperous voyage; explored the coast, and made a map of it, from the Penobscot River to Cape Cod. This map he presented to the king's son, Charles (who became Charles I.), and who gave to the country the name of New England, though it lay within the limits of the Plymouth grant, designated as North Virginia. It has been called New England ever since. Captain Smith died in the year 1631, in London, at the age of fifty-two.

9. Towards the close of the year 1608, two hundred immigrants came over, which increased the population, or settlement, to about five hundred in all, at the time of Smith's departure. But in less than six months after he

7. What was done next day? What happened afterwards? How was the col ony saved?

8. What misfortune befel the colony in 1609? What voyages and explorations did Captain Smith make afterwards? In what year did he die? At what age? 9. How many settlers were in the colony when Captain Smith left? How

left they were reduced by death and otherwise to about sixty in number. The Indians, no longer restrained by the presence of Smith, became hostile. They attacked the outlying settlements and compelled the inhabitants to flee to Jamestown. Provisions now became scarce, and great suffering ensued. Many, it is said, died for want of food. In their extremity it was determined to abandon the settlement. At this juncture a vessel with crew and passengers, who had wintered in the West Indies, arrived at Jamestown. Their whole number now amounted to about two hundred.

10. The intention to abandon the settlement was not given up, and the colonists had actually set sail, when the opportune arrival of Lord Delaware with a supply of provisions and immigrants changed the aspect of affairs. The colonists returned to Jamestown, and were induced by Lord Delaware to remain. Affairs grew brighter at once under Lord Delaware's wise administration. The Indians ceased to be troublesome; disorder was repressed; industry was encouraged, and the health of the colony improved. But Lord Delaware's own health failed in a short time, and he was compelled to return to England. He was succeeded as governor by Sir Thomas Dale.

11. In September, 1611, Sir Thomas Gates, who had beer. appointed governor, to succeed Sir Thomas Dale, arrived with six ships and three hundred immigrants, and a large amount of provisions. The population now amounted to about seven hundred, and the colony was enabled to send detachments up the river, where Henrico and other new settlements were made. Sir Thomas Gates also brought over a number of cows, goats, and swine, now for the first time introduced into the New World.

many were there six months afterwards? What was the conduct of the Indians ! What did the colonists intend to do?

10. How were they induced to remain? Who succeeded Lord Delaware as governor ?

11. When did Sir Thomas Gates arrive? How many immigrants ? What do mestic animals?

12. In the year 1613 Pocahontas, although she had been so good a friend to the colony, was stolen by a party of white men, led by Captain Argall, and a large sum was demanded for her ransom. Powhatan refused to pay the sum demanded, and war was about to ensue, when a young Englishman, named Rolfe, fell in love with Pocahontas and proposed to marry her. Her father consented. She embraced the Christian religion, was baptized, and was soon afterwards married. In the year 1616, in company with her husband, she went to England, where she attracted a great deal of attention. She died in that country at the age of twenty-two, a short while before the time of her intended return to America. She left one son, an infant, named Thomas. From this union descended some of the most illustrious names in the annals of Virginia.

13. Tobacco, an Indian name of a plant which was unknown to Europeans until Columbus met with its use amongst the natives of Cuba, was first planted by the colo nists in Virginia in the year 1614. Its use was violently opposed by King James, who wrote and published a book against it; but notwithstanding the royal opposition, it soon became, and still continues, a regular article of commerce throughout the world. The name of this plant, according to the best authority, was given to it from the name of the island Tobago, one of the West Indies, where it was cultivated.

14. In 1614 Sir Thomas Gates was succeeded as governor by Sir Thomas Dale, who continued in office until 1616, when he returned to England, and was succeeded by Mr. George Yeardley. Mr. Yeardley's term of office continued but about one year. His successor was Captain Argall, a cruel, avaricious, and tyrannical man. His rule, which lasted for three years, was exceedingly arbitrary and op

12. What happened in 1613? What was the consequence of the seizure of Pocahontas ? When and where did she die ? What is said of her descendants? 13. When was tobacco first planted in Virginia ?

14. Who succeeded Sir Thomas Gates? When did Captain Argall become governor ? What is said of his administration ? Who succeeded him?

pressive. He proclaimed martial law in time of peace, and enforced his laws and edicts at the point of the bayonet. The rigor of his administration excited much discontent, and at length the complaints of the Virginians making their way to the Company, Mr. George Yeardley was appointed captain-general, with instructions to examine into the wrongs of the colonists and to redress them.

15. Mr. Yeardley arrived at Jamestown in April, 1619, and immediately abolished the oppressive laws of Argall, and removed the burdens imposed by him. By order of the Company the power of the governor was limited by a council, and the people were admitted by the governor to a share in the administration of public affairs, by the institution of a colonial Assembly. This Assembly met for the first time at Jamestown, on the 19th of June, 1619, convened by order of the governor, Sir George Yeardley, without the express sanction of the Company, but which was afterwards given. This was the first legislative body ever assembled in this country in which the people by deputies enacted laws for their own government, and the time of its meeting may be considered as the birthday of American free institutions.

16. In the year 1620 ninety females were sent over to the colony, and in the following year sixty more, and these, being women of irreproachable character, were immediately married by the farmers; and their domestic and home ties thus becoming fixed in the New World, the thought of returning home to England gradually passed from their minds. The permanence and the prosperity of the colony were thus insured. One hundred convicts were also sent as laborers to the colony, in accordance with the policy about this time adopted by the English Government of sending criminals to the colonies as a punishment. Many

15. What course did Mr. Yeardley pursue? When did the first gislative Assembly meet in Virginia?

16. What took place in 1620 ?