d, he walked up and down upon the point of
the land next unto us.
Then the master and the pilot of the admiral, Simon Ferdinando, and the
captain, Philip Amidas, myself, and others, rowed to the land; whose
coming this fellow attended, never making any shew of fear or doubt. And
after he had spoken of many things, not understood by us, we brought
him, with his own good liking, aboard the ships, and gave him a shirt, a
hat, and some other things, and made him taste of our wine and our meat,
which he liked very well; and after having viewed both barks, he
departed, and went to his own boat again, which he had left in a little
cove or creek adjoining. As soon as he was two bow-shot into the water
he fell to fishing, and in less than half an hour he had laden his boat
as deep as it could swim, with which he came again to the point of the
land, and there he divided his fish into two parts, pointing one part to
the ship and the other to the pinnace. Which, after he had, as much as
he might, requited the former benefits received, departed out of our
sight.
The next day there came unto us divers boats, and in one of them the
King's brother, accompanied with forty or fifty men, very handsome and
goodly people, and in their behavior as mannerly and civil as any of
Europe. His name was Granganimeo, and the King is called Wingina; the
country, Wingandacoa, and now, by her majesty, Virginia. The manner of
his coming was in this sort: he left his boats, altogether as the first
man did, a little from the ships by the shore, and came along to the
place over against the ships, followed with forty men. When he came to
the place, his servants spread a long mat upon the ground, on which he
sat down, and at the other end of the mat four others of his company did
the like; the rest of his men stood round him somewhat afar off. When we
came to the shore to him, with our weapons, he never moved from his
place, nor any of the other four, nor never mistrusted any harm to be
offered from us; but, sitting still, he beckoned us to come and sit by
him, which we performed; and, being set, he made all signs of joy and
welcome, striking on his head and his breast and afterward on ours, to
shew we were all one, smiling and making shew the best he could of all
love and familiarity. After he had made a long speech unto us we
presented him with divers things, which he received very joyfully and
thankfully. None of the company durst speak one word all th
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