Richard of Jamestown : a Story of the Virginia Colony
by James Otis
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Chapters (91)
- RICHARD OF JAMESTOWN
- FOREWORD
- WHO I AM
- CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH COMES TO LONDON
- THE PLANS OF THE LONDON COMPANY
- THE VESSELS OF THE FLEET
- HOW I EARNED MY PASSAGE
- NATHANIEL'S STORY
- WE MAKE SAIL AGAIN
- THE FIRST ISLAND
- CAPTAIN SMITH A PRISONER
- I ATTEND MY MASTER
- SEVERAL ISLANDS VISITED
- A VARIETY OF WILD GAME
- THE TEMPEST
- THE NEW COUNTRY SIGHTED
- THE LEADER NOT KNOWN
- ARRIVAL AT CHESAPEAKE BAY
- AN ATTACK BY THE SAVAGES
- READING THE LONDON COMPANY'S ORDERS
- EXPLORING THE COUNTRY
- THE PEOPLE LAND FROM THE SHIPS
- CAPTAIN SMITH PROVEN INNOCENT
- WE WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND
- BAKING BREAD WITHOUT OVENS
- AN UNEQUAL DIVISION OF LABOR
- BUILDING A HOUSE OF LOGS
- KEEPING HOUSE
- LACK OF CLEANLINESS IN THE VILLAGE
- CAVE HOMES
- THE GOLDEN FEVER
- DUCKS AND OYSTERS
- ROASTING OYSTERS
- LEARNING TO COOK OTHER THINGS
- THE SWEET POTATO ROOT
- A TOUCH OF HOMESICKNESS
- MASTER HUNT'S PREACHING
- NEGLECTING TO PROVIDE FOR THE FUTURE
- SURPRISED BY SAVAGES
- STRENGTHENING THE FORT
- A TIME OF SICKNESS AND DEATH
- CAPTAIN SMITH GAINS AUTHORITY
- DISAGREEABLE MEASURES OF DISCIPLINE
- SIGNS OF REBELLION
- THE SECOND PROCLAMATION
- BUILDING A FORTIFIED VILLAGE
- TRAPPING TURKEYS
- A CRUDE KIND OF CHIMNEY
- COOKING A TURKEY
- CANDLES OR RUSHLIGHTS
- THE VISIT OF POCAHONTAS
- CAPTAIN KENDALL'S PLOT
- THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN KENDALL
- CAPTAIN SMITH'S EXPEDITION AND RETURN
- AN EXCITING ADVENTURE
- TAKEN BEFORE POWHATAN
- POCAHONTAS BEGS FOR SMITH'S LIFE
- THE EFFECT OF CAPTAIN SMITH'S RETURN
- A NEW CHURCH
- CAPTAIN NEWPORT'S RETURN
- GOLD SEEKERS
- A WORTHLESS CARGO
- THE CONDITION OF THE COLONY
- TOBACCO
- CAPTAIN NEWPORT'S RETURN
- MASTER HUNT BRINGS GREAT NEWS
- CAPTAIN NEWPORT'S INSTRUCTIONS
- THE STORY OF ROANOKE
- THE CROWNING OF POWHATAN
- PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
- STEALING THE COMPANY'S GOODS
- WHAT THE THIEVING LED TO
- FEAR OF FAMINE IN A LAND OF PLENTY
- THE UNHEALTHFUL LOCATION
- GATHERING OYSTERS
- PREPARING STURGEON FOR FOOD
- TURPENTINE AND TAR
- THE MAKING OF CLAPBOARDS
- PROVIDING FOR THE CHILDREN
- DREAMS OF THE FUTURE
- A PLAGUE OF RATS
- TREACHERY DURING CAPTAIN SMITH'S ABSENCE
- CAPTAIN SMITH'S SPEECH
- THE NEW LAWS
- THE ACCIDENT
- CAPTAIN SMITH'S DEPARTURE
- THE "STARVING TIME"
- OUR COURAGE GIVES OUT
- ABANDONING JAMESTOWN
- LORD DE LA WARR'S ARRIVAL
- THE YOUNG PLANTERS
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