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Title: Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood ..
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Hanson, John Wesley, Jr. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, W. B. Conkey co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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THE PIPE OF PEACE. t f ) CHAPTER VII.THE VIRGINIA COLONY. Southern hospitality is famed the country over and Vir-gin-i-ans have alaw, which had been handed down to them from the early days, that a strangercoming to a house is to be treated as a guest. After King Charles I. had beenbeheaded and Crom-well was ruler in his stead the followers of the king wereobliged to leave Eng-land, so they came to the new world and although theirclothes were ragged and their pockets were empty they still retained theirpolite manners and lordly ways. After Gov-er-nor Har-vey had been sent by the king to govern Vir-gin-i-a the colonists of Mary-land and Vir-gin-i-a continued to quarrel witheach other. Gov-er-nor Har-vey was succeeded by Sir Fran-cis Wy-at and hein tiniC by Sir Wil-liam Berk-e-ley, who came to James-town in 1642. Underhis wise and kindly rule the colony prospered but the In-di-ans were ignoredand treated as savages. It was even declared that it was right to shoot anIn-di-an whenever he w

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