ism of, 267.

Slavery, negro, remarks on, 145, 528.

Smith, Sir Thomas, treasurer of Virginia Company, 37.

Smith, Robert, 264, 266.

Smith, Captain John, his early life and adventures, 30, 34;
his life in jeopardy at Isle of Mevis, 38;
one of council of Virginia, 39;
excluded from council, 41;
restored to council, 43;
has charge of colony, 44;
explores the country, 45;
taken prisoner by Opechancanough, 46;
rescued by Pocahontas, 48;
explores Chesapeake, 55;
president, 60;
his energetic administration, 64;
visits Powhatan, 66;
seizes Opechancanough, 71;
encounters chief of Paspahegh, 73;
builds fortlet on Ware Creek, 74;
his efforts to quell disorders, 80;
his return to England, 80;
descendants still living in England, 83;
his epitaph, 83.

Somers, Sir George, 35, 77, 94, 97, 102.

South Carolina solicits aid from Virginia, 391.

Southampton, Earl of, treasurer of Virginia Company, 149, 175-77.

Sovereignty, declaration of, 238.

Spencer, Nicholas, president, 336.

Spilman, Henry, 141.

Spotswood, Alexander, governor, his lineage and early career, 378;
dissolves assembly, 379;
assists North Carolina, 380;
establishes Indian school, 384;
visits Christanna, 385;
his Tramontane expedition, 387;
institutes Tramontane order, 390;
his disputes with burgesses, 393-99;
he dissolves assembly, 394;
complaints against, 398;
displaced, 404;
review of his administration, 404;
manufacturer of iron, 405;
subsequent career, death, and family, 404-10.

Stamp act, 534, 538, 543;
repeal of, 544.

Staunton incorporated, 438.

St. John's Church, 599.

Starlins, Captain, 738.

"Starving Time" at Jamestown, 93.

State House, Philadelphia, congress meets in, 618.

Statistics, 206, 271, 331, 349, 382, 443, 471.

Steg, Thomas, 216.

"Stint" of tobacco, 265.

Stith, Rev. William, president of College of William and Mary, and
author of History of Virginia, 437, 482.

Stobo, Captain, 467-68, 504.

Stone House, the old, on Ware Creek, 74.

Stone, deputy governor of Maryland, 228.

Strachey, William, 102, 106.

Stratford, 577.

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