AUTHOR OF "LIFE OF MARION," "HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA," ETC. PUBLISHED BY GEO. F. COOLEDGE & BROTHER, 323 PEARL STREET. SCF MN Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by W. GILMORE SIMMS, in the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of New York. NEW S. W. BENEDICT, STEREOTYPER AND PRINTER, 16 Spruce st ADVERTISEMENT. THE works consulted in the preparation of this volume are "The true Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith in Europe, Asia, Africke and America," Stith, Beverley, Burke, Purchas, Grahame, Bancroft, Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the neat and well-written Life of Smith, by Mr. Hilliard, contained in the Library of American Biography. As much of Smith's own language as could be employed has been made use of without scruple, and with little alteration. It has been a favorite part of the plan of the present volume to make the account of the Discovery, Settlement and Progress of Virginia as copious as possible, consistently with the claims of the biography. TABLE OF CONTENTS. JOHN SMITH, born in Lincolnshire, England-good family- left an orphan at an early age-education neglected by his guardians-apprenticed to a merchant of Lynn-leaves him and goes to France-serves in the Low Countries as a sol- dier-embarks for Scotland-is wrecked and narrowly Revisits the Low Countries-robbed by certain French gal- Smith attracts the notice of the Imperial officers-siege of Olympach-he devises a scheme for the relief of the place- his telegraphic communication with the besieged by means of torches-it succeeds-battle with the Turks--relief of Olym- Siege of Alba Regalis "Fiery Dragons" of Smith-their |