As for myself, I was so excited it seemed impossible to remain
quiet many seconds in one place, and I fear that my duties, which
consisted only in waiting upon the prisoner, my master, were
sadly neglected because of the anxiety in my mind to know who the
merchants in London had named as rulers of the settlement about to
be made in the new world.
One would have believed from Captain Smith's manner that he had
no concern whatsoever as to the result of all this wickedness and
scheming, for it was neither more nor less than such, as I looked
at the matter, on the part of Captain Kendall and Captain Martin.
Here we were in sight of the new world, at a place where we were to
live all the remainder of our lives, and he a prisoner in chains;
but yet never a word of complaint came from his lips.
ARRIVAL AT CHESAPEAKE BAY
When the day had fully dawned, and the fleet stood in toward the
noble bay, between two capes, which were afterward named Cape Henry
and Cape Comfort, Captain Smith directed me to go on deck, in order
to keep him informed of what might be happening.
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