A Monmouth Cap 1_s._ 10_d._
Three Shirts 7_s._ 6_d._
One Waste Coat 2_s._ 2_d._
One Suit of Canvase 7_s._ 6_d._
" " Frize 10_s._ 0_d._
" " Cloth 15_s._ 0_d._
Three pair of Irish Stockings 4_s._ 0_d._
Four pair of shoes 8_s._ 8_d._
One pair of garters 0_s._ 10_d._
One dozen of points 8_s._ 0_d._
One pair of Canvase sheets 8_s._ 0_d._
Seven ells of Canvase to make a bed a
bolster to be filled in Virginia,
serving for two men
Five ells of coarse canvase to make a bed 5_s._ 0_d._
One Coarse rug to be used at sea for
two men
Lane's colonists remained exactly one year in Virginia. Their life was
varied and exciting. At first the Indians, in spite of the silver cup
and the summary vengeance for its theft, were still inclined towards
friendliness. Their kings visited New Fort. Menatonou, King of
Chawanook, was especially well-disposed. He was a "man impotent in his
limbs, but otherwise, for a savage, a very grave and wise man, and of a
very singular good discourse in matters concerning the state, not only
of his own country and the disposition of his own men, but also of his
neighbours round about him as well far as near, and of the commodities
that each country yieldeth." Among other things, he told Lane where
pearls in large quantities could be found, and Lane devised a plan for
making an expedition to that river of Moratoc.
And from this plan, which Lane records in full in a subsequent letter to
Ralegh, peers out the mistake in judgment which brought disaster upon
this first enterprise. These colonists had too much the spirit of Sir
Richard Grenville. They were too adventurous, and esteemed the natives
of too little account. Instead of quietly settling and making their base
secure, while the Indians became gradually used to their presence, they
must needs be hurrying further inland in pursuit of immediate and
enormous wealth. Theirs was too much the spirit of the lion-hearted
freebooter and not enough the spirit of the determined settler.
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