Richard of Jamestown
by James Otis Author
The purpose of the stories in The Colonial America Series is to show children the home life of the colonists with whom they meet in their books, while describing the daily life of those people who conquered the wilderness whether for conscience sake or gain.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9-780979-087608
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 99
- Pages
- 121
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 6th
- Geographical Setting
- Virginia
- Historical Setting
- 1606 - 1614
- Publisher
- Living Books Press
- Copyright
- 2007
- Written
- 1910
Chapters
- 1 Who I Am
- 2 Left Alone in the World
- 3 An Idle Boy
- 4 Captain John Smith Comes to London
- 5 Meeting Captain Smith
- 6 Captain Smith Speaks to Me
- 7 The Plans of the London Company
- 8 The Vessels of the Fleet
- 9 How I Earned My Passage
- 10 When the Fleet Set Sail
- 11 The Voyage Delayed
- 12 Nathaniel's Story
- 13 We Make Sail Again
- 14 The First Island
- 15 Captain Smith Accused
- 16 Captain Smith a Prisoner
- 17 I Attend My Master
- 18 Several Islands Visited
- 19 A Variety of Wild Game
- 20 The Tempest
- 21 The New Country Sighted
- 22 The Leader Not Known
- 23 Arrival at Chesapeake Bay
- 24 An Attack by the Savages
- 25 Reading the London Company's Orders
- 26 Captain Smith a Member of the Council
- 27 Captain Smith Forced to Remain Aboard
- 28 Exploring the Country
- 29 The People Land from the Ships
- 30 Captain Smith Proven Innocent
- 31 We Who Were Left Behind
- 32 Baking Bread Without Ovens
- 33 An Unequal Division of Labor
- 34 Building a House of Logs
- 35 Keeping House
- 36 Lack of Cleanliness in the Village
- 37 Cave Homes
- 38 The Golden Fever
- 39 Ducks and Oysters
- 40 Roasting Oysters
- 41 Learning to Cook Other Things
- 42 The Sweet Potato Root
- 43 A Touch of Homesickness
- 44 Master Hunt's Preaching
- 45 Neglecting to Provide for the Future
- 46 Surprised by Savages
- 47 Strengthening the Fort
- 48 A Time of Sickness and Death
- 49 Captain Smith Gains Authority
- 50 Disagreeable Measures of Discipline
- 51 Signs of Rebellion
- 52 The Second Proclamation
- 53 Building a Fortified Village
- 54 Trapping Turkeys
- 55 A Crude Kind of Chimney
- 56 Cooking a Turkey
- 57 Candles or Rushlights
- 58 The Visit of Pocahontas
- 59 Captain Kendall's Plot
- 60 The Death of Captain Kendall
- 61 Captain Smith's Expedition and Return
- 62 An Exciting Adventure
- 63 Taken Before Powhatan
- 64 Pocahontas Begs for Smith's Life
- 65 The Effect of Captain Smith's Return
- 66 A New Church
- 67 Captain Newport's Return
- 68 Gold-Seekers
- 69 A Worthless Cargo
- 70 The Condition of the Colony
- 71 Tobacco
- 72 Captain Newport's Return
- 73 Gazing at the Women
- 74 Master Hunt Brings Great News
- 75 Captain Newport's Instructions
- 76 The Story of Roanoke
- 77 The Crowning of Powhatan
- 78 Preparing for the Future
- 79 Stealing the Company's Goods
- 80 What the Thieving Led To
- 81 Fear of Famine in a Land of Plenty
- 82 The Unhealthful Location
- 83 Gathering Oysters
- 84 Preparing Sturgeon for Food
- 85 Turpentine and Tar
- 86 The Making of Clapboards
- 87 Providing for the Children
- 88 Dreams of the Future
- 89 A Plague of Rats
- 90 Treachery During Captain Smith's Absence
- 91 Captain Smith's Speech
- 92 The New Laws
- 93 The Accident
- 94 Captain Smith's Departure
- 95 The "Starving Time"
- 96 Our Courage Gives Out
- 97 Abandoning Jamestown
- 98 Lord de la Warr's Arrival
- 99 The Young Planters
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