"This beautiful country shall be called Virginia in honor of myself." The queen was not married. She sometimes said: "I am wedded to my country, and that is enough." It was because of this that she was often spoken of as the "Virgin Queen." She always liked to be called by this name. At this time she made Walter Raleigh a knight and that is why he has always since been called _Sir_ Walter Raleigh. The next year he sent out one hundred people to settle in Virginia. They must have been very brave to seek a new home among the Red Men across the great ocean. They landed on one of the islands which their people had visited the year before. They set to work at once to make a home for themselves. It was not long before some rough houses were built and English housekeeping was begun in America. The Indians were not as kind as they were the year before. They were jealous of the white men. They thought: "It was well enough for them to visit us, but we do not wish them to live here." They had good reasons for not liking the strangers, for the white men did not treat them wisely. I will tell you of one thing that happened to make the Indians angry. When the Englishmen were on an exploring expedition a silver cup was stolen. "The Indians have taken it," they cried. They were so angry they marched to an Indian town near by and burned it to the ground. The red people of the town fled into the woods, so no harm was done to them. They were very angry, however, because their homes were destroyed. They said to one another: "Let us drive the white strangers from our land. They do us nothing but harm." From this time the settlers were not safe. They never knew when the Indians might attack them. Many of them were sick and longed to go back to England. When summer came and an English ship sailed into the harbor, most of them were glad to get on board and bid good-bye to America. They carried back with them three things which did not grow in England. These were Indian corn, white potatoes, and tobacco. Sir Walter Raleigh planted the potatoes at his home in Ireland. The people there liked them so much that potatoes were soon growing in every part of the country. That is why they were afterwards called "Irish potatoes." As for the tobacco, Sir Walter became so fond of smoking it that he was often seen with a pipe in his mouth. Of course, this was then a strange sight in Europe. The first time the knight's servant saw his master smoking, he was frightened. He thought Raleigh was on fire. He rushed forward with a pitcher of water and dashed it over his head. The sudden bath must have been a surprise, but it probably made the good knight laugh heartily. Though the first settlers came back from America, Raleigh thought: "I will not give up so easily. Virginia is a beautiful country. It will make a good home. I will try again to make a settlement there."