Produced by Mark C. Orton, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) Transcriber's Notes: Words in italics in the original are surrounded by _underscores_. Ellipses match the original. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. A complete list follows the text. Other notes also follow the text. The Story of Bacon's Rebellion. The Story of Bacon's Rebellion By MARY NEWTON STANARD New York and Washington THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1907. _Copyright, 1907, By The Neale Publishing Company._ TO MY HUSBAND WILLIAM GLOVER STANARD, MY COMPANION AND GUIDE IN ALL MY PILGRIMAGES INTO THAT CHARMED REGION, VIRGINIA'S PAST. CONTENTS. CHAPTER. PAGE. I. Sir William Berkeley 13 II. The People's Grievances 18 III. The Reign of Terror 29 IV. Enter, Mr. Bacon 40 V. The Indian War-Path 50 VI. The June Assembly 58 VII. The Commission 74 VIII. Civil War 86 IX. The Indian War-Path Again 96 X. Governor Berkeley in Accomac 109 XI. Bacon Returns to Jamestown 114 XII. Jamestown Besieged and Burned 122 XIII. "The Prosperous Rebel" 132 XIV. Death of Bacon and End of the Rebellion 142 XV. Peace Restored 156 XVI. Conclusion 162 Appendix 171 PREFACE.