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 INTRODUCTION. jy had been dispatched by Raleigh with a supply chap.i. of provisions, reached its place of destination. 1586. Not finding: the colonists on the spot where Grenvme ° arrives they had settled, this vessel returned to England. JjJjJSi Soon after its departure, sir Richard Grenville arrived with three ships and ample supplies. Having searched in vain for the colony he had left, and being totally unable to conjecture its fate, he placed fifteen men in the island, with -^y are provisions for two years, for the purpose of^£ k Ld retaining possession of the country, and set sail bytte 7 for England. This small party was soon des- troyed by the Indians. In the following year, Raleigh, who was 1587. neither discouraged nor wearied out by the ill success which had hitherto attended all his ef- forts to make a settlement in America, fitted out three ships, under the command of captain John White, and, it is said, directed the colony to be removed to the waters of the Che- sapeak, which bay had been discovered by Lane, in the preceding year. Instructed by the calamities already experienced, more effica- cious means for preserving and continuing the colony, than had before been used were now adopted. The number of men was greater; they were accompanied by some women ; and their supply of provisions was more abundant. Mr. White was appointed their governor, twelve Robertson, „.Chalmer....Stith. VOL. I. D