_History of the first attempts to settle Virginia, before the discovery of Chesapeake bay._ PAGE. §1. Sir Walter Raleigh obtains letters patent, for making discoveries in America, 8 2. Two ships set out on the discovery, and arrive at Roanoke inlet, 9 Their account of the country, 9 Their account of the natives, 9 3. Queen Elizabeth names the country of Virginia, 10 4. Sir Richard Greenvile's voyage, 10 He plans the first colony, under command of Mr. Ralph Lane, 11 5. The discoveries and accidents of the first colony, 11 6. Their distress by want of provisions, 12 Sir Francis Drake visits them, 12 He gives them a ship and necessaries, 12 He takes them away with him, 12 7. Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Richard Greenvile, their voyages, 13 The second settlement made, 13 8. Mr. John White's expedition, 13 The first Indian made a Christian there, 14 The first child born there of Christian parentage, 14 Third settlement, incorporated by the name of the city of Raleigh, in Virginia, 14 Mr. White, their governor, sent home to solicit for supplies, 14 9. John White's second voyage; last attempts to carry them recruits, 14 His disappointment, 15 10. Capt. Gosnell's voyage to the coast of Cape Cod, 15 11. The Bristol voyages, 16 12. A London voyage, which discovered New York, 16
_Discovery of Chesapeake bay by the corporation of London adventurers; their colony at Jamestown, and proceedings during the government by an elective president and council._
§13. The companies of London and Plymouth obtain charters, 18 14. Captain Smith first discovers the capes of Virginia, 19 15. He plants his first colony at Jamestown, 20 An account of Jamestown island, 20 16. He sends the ships home, retaining one hundred and eight men to keep possession, 20 17. That colony's mismanagement, 21 Their misfortunes upon discovery of a supposed gold mine, 21 18. Their first supplies after settlement, 22 Their discoveries, and experiments in English grain, 22 An attempt of some to desert the colony, 22 19. The first Christian marriage in that colony, 23 They make three plantations more, 23
_History of the colony after the change of their government, from an elective president to a commissionated governor, until the dissolution of the company._