NEW YORK: REPRINTED FOR JOSEPH SABIN. 1865. Two Hundred Copies Printed. No. 175 JS ALVORD, PRINTER. GIVING A particular and short Account of the Indian , English , and Negroe Inhabitants of that Colony. Shewing their Religion, Manners, Government, Trade, Way of Living, &c. with a Description of the Country. From whence is inferred a short VIEW of Maryland and North Carolina . To which are added, Schemes and Propositions for the better Promotion of Learning, Religion, Inventions, Manufact

D edications and Prefaces, which are prefix'd to most Books, being regarded by few Readers, I think it best for my present Purpose briefly to mention in an Introduction, what I would have known concerning the Occasion, Nature, and Use of this Treatise, before I enter upon the main Work it self. When I considered the great Benefit that arises to the Publick, from the large Colony of Virginia , I observed, that tho' it be thus advantageous, yet it is capable of great Improvements still, and requir

O ne main Cause, why the Gospel is not propagated with better Success among the Infidels , and why it is not more strictly followed by such Europeans as inhabit the American Plantations , is the little right Knowledge that Superintendants of the Church have of them, from imperfect Accounts and false Information; for before we can entertain any tolerable Idea of the Tenents, and Inclinations of any People; it is requisite we should know something of their Original, Temper, and Government; for wan

T he first Discovery made for the English in North-America , was in the Year 1584, (a hundred and forty Years ago) by Captain Philip Amidas , and Captain Arthur Barlow , by the Protection and Encouragement of Queen Elizabeth ; with the Persuasion and Direction of Sir Walter Raleigh . They anchored at Roenoak Inlet, now belonging to the Government of North Carolina , and from the Virgin Queen , and the apparent Purity of the Indians , and primitive Plenty of the Place, that new discover'd Part of

T hough Provision is made, and proper Measures are taken to make Allowances and Alterations in Matters of Government , State and Trade ; yet in Matters of Religion , there has not been the Care and Provision that might be wished and expected. For the Country requires particular Alterations and Allowances in some indifferent spiritual Concernments, as well as in temporal Affairs, which might be done without deviating in the least from the Principles and Practice of the Establish'd Church of Engla

I n the Miscellanea Curiosa is publish'd Mr. Clayton 's fine Description of Virginia , and Col. Robert Beverley has wrote a good History of it; but neither is so particular as this, as to its present Condition; so that as they are Supplements to Captain Smith's History , this may be an Abridgment and Appendix to them all . True Accounts of this Country are difficult to be had; for they that have lived there any Time in any Repute and Business, seldom come to settle in England ; and the Sailors f

I t being observed by some Gentlemen of Distinction, that in the foregoing Account of Virginia , I hinted at some Things, wherein Addition, Alteration, or Improvement of some Methods and Laws, seem'd absolutely requisite for the Advancement of Religion and Learning, and the Promotion of Arts and Trade; it was therefore thought not improper to annex the following Schemes upon those Subjects; wherein I deliver my Sentiments in as free and plain a Manner as I can, specifying what Redundancies or De