ernong Vineyard, Roanoak Island_ _x_

_3 Old "Mother" Scuppernong Vine_ _xii_

_4 Among the Scuppernongs.--A Modern Vineyard_ _xiv_

_5 A "Virginia Dare" Vineyard_ _xvi_

_6 The Arrival of the Englishmen in Virginia_ _23_

_7 "The Fierce, Brawny Red Man is King of the Wold"_ _24_

_8 The Land-of-Wind-and-Water_ _32_

_9 Man-te-o, a Chiefe Lorde of Roanoak_ _34_

_10 "Then a New Canoe he fashioned"_ _52_

_11 The Magician of Po-mou-ik_ _58_

Frontispiece from an original drawing by May Louise
Barrett.

Maps and remaining illustrations reproduced from
Theodore de Bry's edition of "The True Pictures and
Fashions of the People in that Parte of America now
called Virginia," 1590.

PROLOGUE

In the tomb of vanished ages sleep th' ungarnered truths of Time,
Where the pall of silence covers deeds of honor and of crime;
Deeds of sacrifice and danger, which the careless earth forgets,
There, in ever-deep'ning shadows, lie embalmed in mute regrets.
Would-be-gleaners of the Present vainly grope amid this gloom;
Flowers of Truth to be immortal must be gathered while they bloom,
Else they pass into the Silence, man's neglect their only blight,
And the Gleaner of the Ages stores them far from human sight.
Yet a perfume, sweet and subtle, lingers where each flower grew,
Rising from the shattered petals, bathed and freshened by the dew;
And this perfume, in the twilight, forms a mist beneath the skies,
Out of which, like airy phantoms, legends and traditions rise;
For the Seeds of Truth are buried in a legend's inmost heart,
To transplant them in the sunlight justifies the poet's art.

[Illustration: The arrival of the Englishmen in Virginia]

THE SEEDS OF TRUTH

ROANOAK, 1587

Shimmering waters, aweary of tossing,
Hopeful of rest, ripple on to the shore;
Dimpling with light, as they waver and quiver,
Echoing faintly the ocean's wild roar.
Locked in the arms of the tremulous waters
Nestles an island, with beauty abloom,
Where the warm kiss of an amorous summer
Fills all the air with a languid perfume.
Windward, the roar of the turbulent breakers
Warns of the dangers of rock and of reef;
Burdened with mem'ries of sorrowful shipwreck,
They break on the sands in torrents of grief.
Leewar