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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Argall , Sir Samuel , 1572 -1626 (search)
Argall, Sir Samuel, 1572-1626
English adventurer; born in Bristol, England, in 1572.
He was in Jamestown, and provisions became very scarce.
Argall was sent with a vessel on a foraging expeditio ich the Indians had stolen.
Powhatan rejected Argall's proposal for a ransom with scorn, and would oung Englishman's affections; and the crime of Argall led to peace and happiness.
The next year (1613) Argall went, with the sanction of the governor of Virginia, to expel the French from Acadia as i t Port Royal, in Acadia, willingly accompanied Argall as pilots thither in order to be revenged.
ArArgall plundered the settlement, and laid the village in ashes, driving the people to the woods, and breaking up the colony.
In 1617 Argall became deputy governor of Virginia.
On going to Jamestown he and the number of the settlers there reduced.
Argall's rule was so despotic that, in 1619, he was r wealth.
After the death of Lord Delaware, Captain Argall took charge of his estate, and Lady Delawa