Shortly　after　Captain　Newport　with　a　chosen　company　of　one　hundred　and　twenty　men　（leaving　eighty　with　President　Smith　in　the　fort）　and　accompanied　by　Captain　Waldo；　Lieutenant　Percy；　Captain　Winne；　Mr。　West；　and　Mr。　Scrivener；　who　was　eager　for　adventure；　set　off　for　the　discovery　of　Monacan。　　The　expedition；　as　Smith　predicted；　was　fruitless：　the　Indians　deceived　them　and　refused　to　trade；　and　the　company　got　back　to　Jamestown；　half　of　them　sick；　all　grumbling；　and　worn　out　with　toil；　famine；　and　discontent。
  Smith　at　once　set　the　whole　colony　to　work；　some　to　make　glass；　tar；　pitch；　and　soap…ashes；　and　others　he　conducted　five　miles　down　the　river　to　learn　to　fell　trees　and　make　clapboards。　　In　this　company　were　a　couple　of　gallants；　lately　come　over；　Gabriel　Beadle　and　John　Russell；　proper　gentlemen；　but　unused　to　hardships；　whom　Smith　has　immortalized　by　his　novel　cure　of　their　profanity。　　They　took　gayly　to　the　rough　life；　and　entered　into　the　attack　on　the　forest　so　pleasantly　that　in　a　week　they　were　masters　of　chopping：　〃making　it　their　delight　to　hear　the　trees　thunder　as　they　fell；　but　the　axes　so　often　blistered　their　tender　fingers　that　many　times　every　third　blow　had　a　loud　othe　to　drown　the　echo；　for　remedie　of　which　sinne　the　President　devised　how　to　have　every　man's　othes　numbered；　and　at　night　for　every　othe　to　have　a　Canne　of　water　powred　downe　his　sleeve；　with　which　every　offender　was　so　washed　（himself　and　all）；　that　a　man　would　scarce　hear　an　othe　in　a　weake。〃　　In　the　clearing　of　our　country　since；　this　excellent　plan　has　fallen　into　desuetude；　for　want　of　any　pious　Captain　Smith　in　the　logging　camps。
  These　gentlemen；　says　Smith；　did　not　spend　their　time　in　wood…logging　like　hirelings；　but　entered　into　it　with　such　spirit　that　thirty　of　them　would　accomplish　more　than　a　hundred　of　the　sort　that　had　to　be　driven　to　work；　yet；　he　sagaciously　adds；　〃twenty　good　workmen　had　been　better　than　them　all。〃
  Returning　to　the　fort；　Smith；　as　usual；　found　the　time　consumed　and　no　provisions　got；　and　Newport's　ship　lying　idle　at　a　great　charge。　With　Percy　he　set　out　on　an　expedition　for　corn　to　the　Chickahominy；　which　the　insolent　Indians；　knowing　their　want；　would　not　supply。　Perceiving　that　it　was　Powhatan's　policy　to　starve　them　（as　if　it　was　the　business　of　the　Indians　to　support　all　the　European　vagabonds　and　adventurers　who　came　to　dispossess　them　of　their　country）；　Smith　gave　out　that　he　came　not　so　much　for　corn　as　to　revenge　his　imprisonment　and　the　death　of　his　men　murdered　by　the　Indians；　and　proceeded　to　make　war。　　This　high…handed　treatment　made　the　savages　sue　for　peace；　and　furnish；　although　they　complained　of　want　themselves；　owing　to　a　bad　harvest；　a　hundred　bushels　of　corn。
  This　supply　contented　the　company；　who　feared　nothing　so　much　as　starving；　and　yet；　says　Smith；　so　envied　him　that　they　would　rather　hazard　starving　than　have　him　get　reputation　by　his　vigorous　conduct。　There　is　no　contemporary　account　of　that　period　except　this　which　Smith　indited。　　He　says　that　Newport　and　Ratcliffe　conspired　not　only　to　depose　him　but　to　keep　him　out　of　the　fort；　since　being　President　they　could　not　control　his　movements；　but　that　their　horns　were　much　too　short　to　effect　it。
  At　this　time　in　the　〃old　Taverne；〃　as　Smith　calls　the　fort；　everybody　who　had　money　or　goods　made　all　he　could　by　trade；　soldiers；　sailors；　and　savages　were　agreed　to　barter；　and　there　was　more　care　to　maintain　their　damnable　and　private　trade　than　to　provide　the　things　necessary　for　the　colony。　　In　a　few　weeks　the　whites　had　bartered　away　nearly　all　the　axes；　chisels；　hoes；　and　picks；　and　what　powder；　shot；　and　pikeheads　they　could　steal；　in　exchange　for　furs；　baskets；　young　beasts　and　such　like　commodities。　　Though　the　supply　of　furs　was　scanty　in　Virginia；　one　master　confessed　he　had　got　in　one　voyage　by　this　private　trade　what　he　sold　in　England　for　thirty　pounds。　〃These　are　the　Saint…seeming　Worthies　of　Virginia；〃　indignantly　exclaims　the　President；　〃that　have；　notwithstanding　all　this；　meate；　drinke；　and　wages。〃　　But　now　they　began　to　get　weary　of　the　country；　their　trade　being　prevented。　　〃The　loss；　scorn；　and　misery　was　the　poor　officers；　gentlemen　and　careless　governors；　who　were　bought　and　sold。〃　　The　adventurers　were　cheated；　and　all　their　actions　overthrown　by　false　information　and　unwise　directions。
  Master　Scrivener　was　sent　with　the　barges　and　pinnace　to　Werowocomoco；　where　by　the　aid　of　Namontuck　he　procured　a　little　corn；　though　the　savages　were　more　ready　to　fight　than　to　trade。　　At　length　Newport's　ship　was　loaded　with　clapboards；　pitch；　tar；　glass；　frankincense　（？）　and　soapashes；　and　despatched　to　England。　　About　two　hundred　men　were　left　in　the　colony。　　With　Newport；　Smith　sent　his　famous　letter　to　the　Treasurer　and　Council　in　England。　　It　is　so　good　a　specimen　of　Smith's　ability　with　the　pen；　reveals　so　well　his　sagacity　and　knowledge　of　what　a　colony　needed；　and　exposes　so　clearly　the　ill…management　of　the　London　promoters；　and　the　condition　of　the　colony；　that　we　copy　it　entire。　　It　appears　by　this　letter　that　Smith's　〃　Map　of　Virginia；〃　and　his　description　of　the　country　and　its　people；　which　were　not　published　till　1612；　were　sent　by　this　opportunity。　　Captain　Newport　sailed　for　England　late　in　the　autumn　of　1608。　　The　letter　reads：
  RIGHT　HONORABLE；　ETC。：
  I　received　your　letter　wherein　you　write　that　our　minds　are　so　set　upon　faction；　and　idle　conceits　in　dividing　the　country　without　your　consents；　and　that　we　feed　you　but　with　ifs　and　ands；　hopes　and　some　few　proofes；　as　if　we　would　keepe　the　mystery　of　the　businesse　to　ourselves：　and　that　we　must　expressly　follow　your　instructions　sent　by　Captain　Newport：　the　charge　of　whose　voyage　amounts　to　neare　two　thousand　pounds；　the　which　if　we　cannot　defray　by　the　ships　returne　we　are　likely　to　remain　as　banished　men。　　To　these　particulars　I　humbly　intreat　your　pardons　if　I　offend　you　with　my　rude　answer。
  For　our　factions；　unless　you　would　have　me　run　away　and　leave　the　country；　I　cannot　prevent　them；　because　I　do　make　many　stay　that　would　else　fly　away　whither。　　For　the　Idle　letter　sent　to　my　Lord　of　Salisbury；　by　the　President　and　his　confederates；　for　dividing　the　country；　&c。；　what　it　was　I　know　not；　for　you　saw　no　hand　of　mine　to　it；　nor　ever　dream't　I　of　any　such　matter。　　That　we　feed　you　with　hopes；　&c。　　Though　I　be　no　scholar；　I　am　past　a　schoolboy；　and　I　desire　but　to　know　what　either　you　and　these　here　doe　know；　but　that　I　have　learned　to　tell　you　by　the　continuall　hazard　of　my　life。　　I　have　not　concealed　from　you　anything　I　know；　but　I　feare　some　cause　you　to　believe　much　more　than　is　true。
  Expressly　to　follow　your　directions　by　Captain　Newport；　though　they　be　performed；　I　was　directly　against　it；　but　according　to　our　commission；　I　was　content　to　be　overouled　by　the　major　part　of　the　Councill；　I　feare　to　the　hazard　of　us　all；　which　now　is　generally　confessed　when　it　is　too　late。　　Onely　Captaine　Winne　and　Captaine　Walclo　I　have　sworne　of　the　Councill；　and　crowned　Powhattan　according　to　your　instructions。
  For　the　charge　of　the　voyage　of　two　or　three　thousand　pounds　we　have　not　received　the　value　of　one　hundred　pounds；　and　for　the　quartered　boat　to　be　borne　by　the　souldiers　over　the　falls。　　Newport　had　120　of　the　best　men　he　could　chuse。　　If　he　had　burnt　her　to　ashes；　one　might　have　carried　her　in　a　bag；　but　as　she　is；　five　hundred　cannot　to　a　navigable　place　above　the　falls。　　And　for　him　at　that　time　to　find　in　the　South　Sea　a　mine　of　gold；　or　any　of　them　sent　by　Sir　Walter　Raleigh；　at　our　consultation　I　told　them　was　as　likely　as　the　rest。　But　during　this　great　discovery　of　thirtie　miles　（which　might　as　well　have　been　done　by　one　man；　and　much　more；　for　the　value　of　a　pound　of　copper　at　a　seasonable　tyme）；　they　had　the　pinnace　and　all　the　boats　with　them　but　one　that　remained　with　me　to　serve　the　fort。　　In　their　absence　I　followed　the　new　begun　works　of　Pitch　and　Tarre；　Glasse；　Sope…ashes；　Clapboord；　whereof　some　small　quantities　we　have　sent　you。　　But　if　you　rightly　consider　what　an　infinite　toyle　it　is　in　Russia　and　Swethland；　where　the　woods　are　proper　for　naught　els；　and　though　there　be　the　helpe　both　of　man　and　beast　in　those　ancient　commonwealths；　which　many　an　hundred　years　have　used　it；　yet　thousands　of　those　poor　people　can　scarce　get　necessaries　to　live；　but　from　hand　to　mouth；　and　though　your　factors　there　can　buy　as　much　in　a　week　as　will　fraught　you　a　ship；　or　as　much　as　you　please；　you　must　not　expect　from　us　any　such　matter；　which　are　but　as　many　of　ignorant；　miserable　soules；　that　are　scarce　able　to　get　wherewith　to　live；　and　defend　ourselves　against　the　inconstant　Salvages：　finding　but　here　and　there　a　tree　fit　for　the　purpose；　and　want　all　things　else　the　Russians　have。　　For　the　Coronation　of　Powhattan；　by　whose　advice　you　sent　him　such　presents；　I　know　not；　but　this　give　me　leave　to　tell　you；　I　feare　they　will　be　the　confusion　of　us　all　ere　we　heare　from　you　again。　　At　your　ships　arrivall；　the　Salvages　harvest　was　newly　gathered；　and　we　going　to　buy　it；　our　owne　not　being　halve　sufficient　for　so　great　a　number。　　As　for　the　two　ships　loading　of　corne　Newport　promised　to　provide　us　from　Powhattan；　he　brought　us　but　fourteen