established.... Prosperity of the colony.... Indians attempt
to massacre the whites.... General war.... Dissolution of
the company.... Arbitrary measures of the crown.... Sir John
Harvey.... Sir William Berkeley.... Provincial assembly
restored.... Virginia declares in favour of Charles II....
Grant to Lord Baltimore.... Arrival of a colony in
Maryland.... Assembly composed of freemen.... William
Clayborne.... Assembly composed of representatives....
Divided into two branches.... Tyrannical proceedings.


The funds immediately appropriated to the planting of colonies in
America, were inconsiderable, and the early efforts to accomplish the
object, were feeble.

The first expedition for the southern colony consisted of one vessel
of a hundred tons, and two barks, carrying one hundred and five men,
destined to remain in the country.

{1606}

[Sidenote: Voyage of Newport.]

The command of this small squadron was given to captain Newport, who,
on the 19th of December, sailed from the Thames. Three sealed packets
were delivered to him, one addressed to himself, a second to captain
Bartholomew Gosnald, and the third to captain John Radcliffe,
containing the names of the council for this colony. These packets
were accompanied with instructions directing that they should be
opened, and the names of his Majesty's council proclaimed, within