A while after, at the Charge of the said Sir _John Popham_, a hundred Men were sent to settle a Colony at _Sagadehoc_, under the Command of _George Popham_, _Raleigh Gilbert_, Master of the Ship, who seated themselves in a _Peninsula_, at the Mouth of this River; which attempting to discover, they met with a Wood near to an Island, distant from the Line about forty five Degrees, and some odd Seconds, where they easily went on Shore. In the Year 1608. the Commander of the Colony deceasing, and not long after him the Lord Chief Justice, who had been the chief that had furnish’d them with fresh Supplies, they return’d for _England_ in those Ships that had been sent them with Succours: At which unexpected return, the Patrons of the Design were so offended, that for a certain time they desisted from their Enterprizes. In the mean while the _French_ making use of this occasion, Planted Colonies in divers places, when Sir _Samuel Argal_ from _Virginia_ disturb’d their Designs, and brought away Prisoners all he could lay hold on. Suddenly after Captain _Hobson_ and divers others were set out with very great Preparations, and with them two of the Natives which had been detain’d for some time in _England_, whom they thought to have made use of, the better to draw the rest of the Natives to their Commerce; but because a little before twenty four of them had been treacherously dealt with by one _Hunt_, they contracted from thence so great an animosity towards the _English_, that Captain _Hobson_ was constrain’d to return without effecting any thing. In the Year 1614. Captain _John Smith_ being sent to Fish for Whales, and seek after Mines of Gold and Silver, Landed upon the Island of _Monahiggan_, where he found some store of Whales, but not such as those by whose Oyl they use to make so much profit. About the same time (two of the Natives being recover’d, _Erpenow_ of _Capawick_, that had escap’d from Captain _Hobson_, and _Assacumet_ of _Pemmaquid_, one of those that had been taken Prisoners with _Chaloung_) Captain _Harly_, with Necessaries convenient for such a Voyage, was dispatch’d away by Sir _Ferdinando Gorges_, the Earl of _Southampton_ favouring the Design, and furnishing him with some Land-Soldiers under the Command of Captain _Hobson_, who not discourag’d with his former ill Success, resolv’d upon a second Adventure. In the Year 1615. Sir _Richard Hakings_ undertook a Voyage into those Parts by authority of the Council of the second Colony, but by reason of the great Wars among the Natives, his Observations could not be such as might give any farther light than what had been already receiv’d.