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

Intent to return to England.

confusion, whereby counsel was taken, and after five days it was determined to return everyone to England.

At that time, an Indian came on board and stayed the entire night with us, whom we entertained in a friendly manner and sent back to land the next day. He showed himself to be more sober than all the previous ones, but we believed that he had been sent to spy on us. In the morning, he stole our pot-hooks and thought no harm of it.

A thievish Indian, how he struck fire.

Coming to land, we wanted him to strike fire, which he did at once, for he rubbed or knocked with an Emerald or Amaranth stone likely a piece of flint or hard mineral (which glassmakers use for cutting glass, and which in my judgment corresponds to what the Latins call Smiris emery/corundum) against a piece of iron-steel-wood that he carried with him for that purpose, from which sparks flew that immediately created a flame.

On the 9th, we were still busy making our Fort, as we who were on land still persisted in our intention to stay there.

Gosnol sails to the Cedar Island,

On the 10th, Captain Gosnol dropped down with his ship to the Cedar Island, which we had named Hils-happe, to take in Cedar wood, and left me along with nine others in the Fort (where we had no more than three meals in reserve) with the promise of returning the next day.

remains out beyond the appointed time.

Whereby 10 of them being on land are put in difficulty,

four of them sent out to seek food.

On the 11th, he did not come, nor did anyone on his behalf; so I sent out four of our men to look for sea crabs, turtle doves, and the like to live on until the return of our ship. Meanwhile, our ship was out of our sight and, if the wind had shifted to the South-West, it would not have been able to return with anything but great difficulty, certainly not within a short time. These four mates now, whom I had advised to stay together for their safety, split up and went, two one way and the