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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grenville, Sir Richard (search)
ailed from Plymouth, England, in command of some ships fitted out by Raleigh, bearing 180 colonists and a full complement of seamen, for the coast of Virginia. Ralph Lane, a soldier of experience, accompanied him as governor of the colony. Thomas Harriott, a distinguished mathematician and astronomer, was with them as historian and naturalist (see Harriott, Thomas) ; also Thomas Cavendish, the eminent English navigator, who sailed around the earth. Grenville was more intent upon plunder and iratical cruisers on the seas, and entered the harbor of Plymouth on Sept. 18, laden with plunder from Spanish galleons. Governor Lane also treated the natives cruelly, and they became greatly exasperated in spite of the soothing influence of Harriott, their benefactor. In mortal fear of the Indians, their provisions exhausted, and no ship arriving from England, they hailed with joy the appearance of Sir Francis Drake, who, returning from the West Indies, touched at Roanoke Island (see Drake
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harriott, Thomas 1560-1621 (search)
Harriott, Thomas 1560-1621 Astronomer, historian, and friend of Sir Walter Raleigh; born in Oxford, Englaf the knowledge of that expedition is derived from Harriott's account. He was left there by Grenville, and reith, an artist, he obtained many useful drawings. Harriott labored hard to restrain the cupidity of his compao it, he utterly neglected the great opportunity. Harriott saw that the way to accomplish that object was tefore, immortal. Taking advantage of this feeling Harriott displayed the Bible everywhere, and told them of iionately. When King Wingina fell ill, he sent for Harriott, and, dismissing his juggling priest and medicine-edily recovered. Many of his subjects resorted to Harriott when they fell sick. Had his example been followed with horses and kine. On his return to England, Harriott published a Brief and true report of the New found his time in the Tower with Raleigh and his wife. Harriott was the inventor of the present improved method of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lane, Sir Ralph 1530-1604 (search)
be governor of Virginia, in 1585. After his return from Virginia he was colonel in the expedition of Norris and Drake against Portugal in 1589, and in 1591 was mustermaster-general in Ireland. He was knighted by the lord-deputy in 1593. Lane's administration as governor of Virginia was fruitless of any good. By following the example of Grenville he exasperated the Indians. Had he been kind and wise the colony might have prospered; but he and his followers were greedy for gold, and only Harriott, the historian, acted like a sensible Christian. Lane had the gold fever severely, and all trusted more to fire-arms than to friendship to secure the good — will of the Indians. Sometimes the latter were treated with cruelty, and a flame of vengeance was kindled and kept alive. The Indians deceived the English with tales of gold-bearing regions near, and that the source of the Roanoke River was among rocks near the Pacific Ocean, where the houses were lined with pearls. Lane explored, f
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Raleigh, Sir Walter 1552- (search)
eges that enriched him. Raleigh now took measures for sending out a colony to settle in Virginia, and on April 9, 1585, seven of his vessels sailed from Plymouth with 180 colonists and a full complement of seamen. Sir Richard Grenville Form of Raleigh's ships. commanded the expedition, accompanied by Sir Ralph Lane (see Lane, Sir Ralph) as governor of the colony, Philip Amidas as admiral of the fleet, Thomas Cavendish, who the next year followed the path of Drake around the world, Thomas Harriott (see Harriott, Thomas), as historian of the expedition, and John With, a competent painter, to delineate men and things in America. The expedition reached the American coast late in June, and the vessels being nearly wrecked on a point of land, they named it Cape Fear. Entering Ocracoke Inlet, they landed on Roanoke Island. There Grenville left the colonists and returned to England with the ships. The next year Raleigh sent reinforcements and supplies to the colony, but the settleme