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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90463	A perfect description of Virginia: being, a full and true relation of the present state of the plantation, their health, peace, and plenty: the number of people, with their abundance of cattell, fowl, fish, &c. with severall sorts of rich and good commodities, which may there be had, either naturally, or by art and labour. Which we are fain to procure from Spain, France, Denmark, Swedeland, Germany, Poland, yea, from the East-Indies. There having been nothing related of the true estate of this plantation these 25 years. Being sent from Virginia, at the request of a gentleman of worthy note, who desired to know the true state of Virginia as it now stands. Also, a narration of the countrey, within a few dayes journey of Virginia, west and by south, where people come to trade: being related to the governour, Sir William Berckley, who is to go himselfe to discover it with 30 horse, and 50 foot, and other things needfull for his enterprize. With the manner how the Emperor Nichotawance came to Sir William Berckley, attended with five petty Kings, to doe homage, and bring tribute to King Charles. With his solemne protestation, that the sun and moon should lose their lights before he (or his people in that country) should prove disloyall, but ever to keepe faith and allegiance to King Charles.		1648 (1648)	Wing P1486; Thomason E474_15; ESTC R205375	12,495	22

you heare and in all these many yeares no more People in it and they having little Incouragement and great uncetainties whether ever to be continued a Colony whereby men have had no heart to Plant for Posterity but every man for the present Planted Tobacco to get a livelyhood by it And had not this present Governour beene sent as hee was and continued who hath done all a Gentleman could doe to mainetaine it alive It had upon this second Massacre beene utterly deserted and ruinated as things stand in our owne Land If any demand the cause of this late Massacre all having been forgiven and forgotten what the Indians did the first time Those that are Planters there write the occasion of the Indians doing so wicked an Act was ☞ That some of them confessed That their great King was by some English Informed that all was under the Sword in England in their Native Countrey and such divisions in our Land That now was his time or never to roote out all the English For those that they could not surprize and kill under the feigned masque of Friendship and feasting and the rest would be by wants and having no supplyes from their own Countrey which could not helpe them be suddenly Consumed and Famished The Indians Allaruming them night and day and killing all their Cattell as with ease they might doe and by destroying in the nights all their Corne Fields which the English could not defend All this had as they write taken full effect if God had not abated the Courages of the Savages in that moment of time they so treacherously slew the English who were presently the Act done so affrighted in their owne minds that they had not the heart to follow the Counsells their King had commanded but to the admiration of the English prosecuted not their opportunitie nor were constant to their owne Principles But fled away and retyred themselves many miles distant off the Colony which little space of time gave the English opportunity to gather themselves together call an Assembly secure their Cattell and to thinke upon some way to defend themselves if need were and then to offend their Enemies which by the great mercy of God was done and effected And the particulars of all is worthy in some other place to be remembred and manifested to the VVorld that the great God may have his due Glory Honour and Praise for ever and ever Amen Amen Amen And now at this present the Colony is in good estate and never a third time to be so surprised by a seeming Friend And they conclude their conditions are now such as they may and will greatly improve the advancement and wel-fare of the Collony even by this late sad Accident and the Pit there Enemies digged for them they are like to fall into themselves and their mischiefe will and hath assuredly fallen farre more upon their own Pates since their great King was taken Prisoner And in briefe they say in three Letters that if God please in mercy now to looke upon poore England that it fall not into a second Warre nor relapses but a happy Peace setled in their Native Countrey Then they in Virginia shall be as happie a people as any under heaven for there is nothing wanting there to produce them Plenty Health and Wealth 58 Concerning New-England that they have Trade with them to and fro and are but foure dayes Saile off from Virginia that they have had many Cattell from Virginia and Corne and many other things That New-England is in a good Condition for livelyhood But for matter of any great hopes but Fishing there is not much in that Land For it s as Scotland is to England so much difference and lyes upon the same Land Northward as Scotland doth to England there is much Cold Frost and Snow and their Land so barren except a Herring be put into the hole that you set the Corne or Maize in it will not come up and it was great pittie all those people being now about twenty Thousand did not seate themselves at first to the South of Virginia in a warme and rich Countrey where their Industrie would have produced Sugar Indico Ginger Cotten and the like Commodities And it s now reported in Virginia that Thousands of them are removing with many from Summer Islands also unto the Bahana Islands neere the Cape of Florida and that 's the right way for them to goe and thrive Letters came now this March 1648 relate further THAT Opachankenow the old Emperour being dead since he was taken prisoner by our Governour there is chosen a new one called Nickotawances who acknowledge to hold his Government under King Charles and is become tributary to him and this March 1648 Nickotawance came to James town to our Noble Governor Sir William Bearkley with five more petty Kings attending him and brought twenty Beavers-skinnes to be sent to King Charles as he said for Tribute and after a long Oration he concluded with this Protestation That the Sunne and Moon should first lose their glorious lights and sbining before He or his People should evermore hereafter wrong the English in any kind but they would ever hold love and friendship together And to give the English better assurance of their Faith He had Decreed That if any Indian be seen to come within the limits of the English Colony except they come with some Message from him with such and such tokens that it shall be lawfull to kill them presently and the English shall be free to passe at all times when and where they please throughout His Dominions And the Indians have of late acquainted our Governour that within five dayes journey to the Westward and by South there is a great high mountaine and at foot thereof great Rivers that run into a great Sea and that there are men that come hither in ships but not the same as ours be they weare apparell and have reed Caps on their heads and ride on Beasts like our Horses but have much longer eares and other circumstances they declare for the certainty of these things That Sir William was here upon preparing fifty Horse and fifty Foot to go and discover thi● thing himself in person and take all needfull provision in that case requisite along with him he was ready to go when these last ships set sail for England in Aprill last and we hope to give a good accompt of it by the next ships God giving a blessing to the enterprize which will mightily advance and enrich this Country for it must needs prove a passage to the South Sea as we call it and also some part of China and the East Indies The Governor Sir William caused half a bushel of Rice which he had procured to be sowen and it prospered gallantly and he had fifteen bushhels of it excellent good Rice so that all these fifteen bushels will be sowen again this yeer and we doubt not in a short time to have Rice so