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PIONEERS OF THE OLD SOUTH, A CHRONICLE OF ENGLISH
COLONIAL BEGINNINGS
BY MARY JOHNSTON

CONTENTS
I. THE THREE SHIPS SAIL II. THE ADVENTURERS III.
JAMESTOWN IV. JOHN SMITH V. THE SEA ADVENTURE VI.
SIR THOMAS DALE VII. YOUNG VIRGINIA VIII. ROYAL
GOVERNMENT IX. MARYLAND X. CHURCH AND KINGDOM
XI. COMMONWEALTH AND RESTORATION XII. NATHANIEL
BACON XIII. REBELLION AND CHANGE XIV. THE
CAROLINAS XV. ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD XVI. GEORGIA
THE NAVIGATION LAWS
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
PIONEERS OF THE OLD SOUTH

CHAPTER I.
THE THREE SHIPS SAIL
Elizabeth of England died in 1603. There came to the English throne
James Stuart, King of Scotland, King now of England and Scotland. In
1604 a treaty of peace ended the long war with Spain. Gone was the
sixteenth century; here, though in childhood, was the seventeenth
century.
Now that the wars were over, old colonization schemes were revived in
the English mind. Of the motives, which in the first instance had
prompted these schemes, some with the passing of time had become
weaker, some remained quite as strong as before. Most Englishmen and
women knew now that Spain had clay feet; and that Rome, though she
might threaten, could not always perform what she threatened. To

abase the pride of Spain, to make harbors of refuge for the angel of the
Reformation--these wishes, though they had not vanished, though no
man could know how long the peace with Spain would last, were less
fervid than they had been in the days of Drake. But the old desire for
trade remained as strong as ever. It would be a great boon to have
English markets in the New World, as well as in the Old, to which