As Time goes on and touches with effacing finger one and another of the events that have marked, like milestones, the onward march of the great Anglo-Saxon race, we may be sure that the birth of this Western nation will ever be "remembered." "We shall not," said Daniel Webster, "stand unmoved on the shore of Plymouth while the sea continues to wash it, nor will our brethren in another early and ancient colony forget the place of its first establishment till their river ceases to flow by it. No vigour of youth, no maturity of manhood, will lead the nation to forget the spots where its infancy was cradled and defended." FOOTNOTES: [1] Hume's "James I," p. 83. [2] Hakluyt, III, 174-176. [3] Stith's "History," p. 25. [4] Coke, 2 Inst. 729 and 734. [5] Harleian MS., quoted by Miss Aiken in her "Memoirs of the Court of James I." [6] "The Accomplished Cook," by Robert May; London 1685. [7] Letter of Philip Mainwaring to the Earl of Arundel, Lodge's "Illustrations," Vol. III, p. 403. [8] Cooke's "Virginia," p. 8 _et seq._ [9] Ibid., p. 8 _et seq._ [10] Bancroft's "History of the United States," Vol. I, p. 122. [11] Purchas's "His Pilgrimes," Vol. VIII, p. 469. The quotations from Purchas in this volume are from the Macmillan edition. [12] Quoted by Campbell, p. 39, from Stith. [13] "Site of Old Jamestown," by Samuel Yonge, p. 11. [14] Stith's "History," p. 46. [15] Purchas's "His Pilgrimes," Vol. XVIII. [16] _Passiflora incarnata_ of Linnæus. [17] _Anchusa Virginiana_ of Linnæus. [18] Percy's "Narrative," quoted by Campbell, "History," p. 40. [19] Percy's "Discourse," Smith's "Works," p. lxviii. [20] Campbell's "History of Virginia," p. 41. [21] Brown's "First Republic," p. 29. [22] His true name was Parahunt. This was the birthplace of King Powhatan. [23] Smith's "Works," p. 93. References to the "Works of John Smith" in this volume are from Professor Edward Arben's edition. [24] Brown's "The First Republic," p. 43 _et seq._ [25] Possibly "Pamunkey" was meant. [26] Smith's "Works," p. 957. [27] John Smith, quoted in Campbell's "History," p. 382. [28] Cooke's "Virginia," p. 20. [29] Living in the region now known as Prince George and Surry. Their chief was Pepisco--otherwise Pepiscumah. [30] "Newes from Virginia," quoted in E. Arber's "Works of John Smith," p. 14. [31] Strachey. [32] "Newes from Virginia," by John Smith. [33] Other historians place his age at eighty years. [34] "Newes from Virginia." [35] A district near the mouth of James River, on which now stands the town of Hampton. [36] Smith's "Works," p. 400. [37] Brown's "First Republic in America," p. 82. [38] Campbell's "History of Virginia," p. 49.