From that hour did it seem as if all the men in Jamestown, save
only half a dozen, among whom were Captain Smith, Master Hunt and
Master Percy, strove their best to wreck the settlement.
Because Lord De la Warr, the new governor, had not arrived, many of
the new comers refused to obey my master, and they were so strong
in numbers that it was not possible for him to force them to his
will.
Each man strove for himself, regardless of the sick, or of the
women and children. Some banded themselves together in companies,
falling upon such Indian villages as they could easily overcome,
and murdered and robbed until all the brown men of Virginia stood
ready to shed the blood of every white man who crossed their path.
Then came that which plunged Nathaniel and me into deepest grief.
THE ACCIDENT
Captain Smith had gone up the bay in the hope of soothing the trouble
among the savages, and, failing in this effort, was returning,
having got within four and twenty hours' journey of Jamestown, when
the pinnace was anchored for the night.
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