Establishment abolished. Events of the War in the
South. Battle of King's Mountain. Jefferson,
Governor. 693

XCV.--Arthur Lee. Silas Deane. Dr. Franklin. James
Madison. 701

XCVI.--Logan. Leslie's Invasion. Removal of Convention
Troops. 706

XCVII.--Arnold's Invasion. 710

XCVIII.--Battle of the Cowpens and of Guilford. Phillips and
Arnold invade Virginia. 715

XCIX.--Cornwallis and La Fayette in Virginia. Nelson,
Governor. 726

C.--Capture of the Patriot. The Barrens and Captain
Starlins. Battle of the Barges. 738

CI.--Washington in the North. Cornwallis occupies
Yorktown. Battle of Eutaw Springs. Henry Lee.
Washington invests Yorktown. Cornwallis
surrenders. 742

HISTORY OF THE COLONY

AND

ANCIENT DOMINION OF VIRGINIA.

CHAPTER I.

1492-1591.

Early Voyages of Discovery--Sir Humphrey Gilbert--Walter
Raleigh--Expedition of Amadas and Barlow--They land on
Wocokon Island--Return to England--The New Country named
Virginia--Grenville's Expedition--Colony of Roanoke--Lane,
Governor--The Colony abandoned--Tobacco--Grenville returns to
Virginia--Leaves a small Colony at Roanoke--Sir Walter Raleigh
sends out another Expedition--City of Raleigh chartered--White,
Governor--Roanoke found deserted--Virginia Dare, first Child
born in the Colony--White returns for Supplies--The Armada--
Raleigh assigns the Colony to a Company--White returns to
Virginia--Finds the Colony extinct--Death of Sir Richard
Grenville--Gosnold's Voyage to New England.

THE discoveries attributed by legendary story to Madoc, the Welsh
prince, have afforded a theme for the creations of poetry; those of the
Northmen of Iceland, better authenticated, still engage the dim
researches of antiquarian curiosity. To Columbus belongs the glory of
having made the first certain discovery of the New World, in the year
1492; but it was the good fortune of the C