Chapters (21)
- CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
- PREFACE
- CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
- I. BIRTH AND TRAINING
- II. FIGHTING IN HUNGARY
- III. CAPTIVITY AND WANDERING
- IV. FIRST ATTEMPTS IN VIRGINIA
- V. FIRST PLANTING OF THE COLONY
- VI. QUARRELS AND HARDSHIPS
- VII. SMITH TO THE FRONT
- VIII. THE FAMOUS CHICKAHOMINY VOYAGE
- IX. SMITH'S WAY WITH THE INDIANS
- X. DISCOVERY OF THE CHESAPEAKE
- XI. SMITH'S PRESIDENCY AND PROWESS
- XII. TRIALS OF THE SETTLEMENT
- XIII. SMITH'S LAST DAYS IN VIRGINIA
- XIV. THE COLONY WITHOUT SMITH
- XV. NEW ENGLAND ADVENTURES
- XVI. NEW ENGLAND'S TRIALS
- XVII. WRITINGS-LATER YEARS
- XVIII. DEATH AND CHARACTER
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