Bartholomeus Gosnols reys van Engeland na het noorder-gedeelte van Virginien, anno 1602 doo...

movement. Our Captain honored him with a hat of straw and two beautiful and sharp knives; he put the hat on and looked at the knives with great wonder. This kindness of ours aroused in them all a love for us.

On the 6th, it was rainy weather, so that we remained on the ship without being able to accomplish anything.

The Indians come a second time, eat and drink with them, etc.

On the 7th, the Sinjoor lord/dignitary came again with all his people, just as before, and stayed with us for almost the entire day. When we held our midday meal, they sat with us, ate of our cod with mustard, and drank our beer. It was a delight to see how they behaved when the mustard got to their noses. Between eating, the savages stole a shield, which, having come to the ears of the Sinjoor, they returned with fear and great agitation, as they feared we would avenge ourselves upon them for it. But when they saw that we remained just as familiar with them as before, they fell again to roasting crabs, green herring, which was uncommonly large here, ground-nuts, and the like.

After the meal, the Sinjoor took his leave and departed, as did all the others, except four who stayed with us to help dig for Sassafras, but they would not go on board the ship with us.

Discontent on the ship.

On the 8th, the provisions were divided, namely, one part for those who would return to England and the other for those who would stay there for the plantation. But for the latter, according to Captain Gilbert’s distribution, there was no more than for six weeks instead of six months, over which discontent arose, the more so because some seemed to perceive on the side that Captain Gilbert had intended not to unload those food supplies, but to take them back to England. Added to this was the fact that some troublemakers and ill-disposed persons stirred themselves up to throw the staying there for that time into