 | Moses Coit Tyler - 1878 - 656 Seiten
...most feeble wretches. Our food was but a smaH can of barley sod in water to five men a day ; our drink cold water taken out of the river, which was at a...filth, which was the destruction of many of our men. ThuT we lived for the space of five months in this miserable distress, not having five able men to... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - 1888 - 706 Seiten
...barley sod in water, to five men a day ; our drinke, cold water taken out of the river, which was at flood very salt, at a low tide full of slime and filth ; which was the destruction of many of our men." Percy in Purchas 1607.] DISCONTENT AND SUFFERING. 277 council, llatcliffe, Smith, and Martin, waited... | |
 | Edward N. Hoare - 1883 - 370 Seiten
...barley sod in water to five men a day ; our drink, cold water taken out of the river, which was at flood very salt, at a low tide full of slime and filth,...destruction of many of our men. Thus we lived for five months in this miserable distress, not having five able men to man our bulwarks upon any occasion.... | |
 | John Smith - 1884 - 1150 Seiten
...water, to fiue men a day. Our drinke, cold water taken out of the Riuer ; which was, at a floud, verie salt ; at a low tide, full of slime and filth : which was the destruction of many of our men. Thus we liued for the space of fiue months [August 1607-8 Jan. 1608] in this miserable distresse, not hauing... | |
 | 1888 - 920 Seiten
...feeble wretches. Our food was but a small can of barley sodden in water to five men a day. Our drink, cold water taken out of the river, which was, at a...filth, which was the destruction of many of our men." So great was the mortality that out of 105 colonists living on the 22d June 1607 67 died by the following... | |
 | Moses Coit Tyler - 1890 - 682 Seiten
...feeble wretches. Our food was but a small can of barley sod in water to five men a day ; our drink cold water taken out of the river, which was at a...filth, which was the destruction of many of our men. Thur, we lived for the space of five months in this miserable distress, not having five able men to... | |
 | Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith - 1890 - 948 Seiten
...feeble wretches. Our food was but a small can of barley sodden in water to five men a day. Our drink, cold water taken out of the river, which was, at a...filth, which was the destruction of many of our men." So great was the mortality that out of 105 colonists living on the 22d June 1607 67 died by the following... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 Seiten
...feeble wretches. Our food was but a small can of barley sodden in water to five men a day. Our drink, cold water taken out of the river, which was, at a...filth, which was the destruction of many of our men." In less than six months, more than one-half of the colony had perished. Smith encouraged the disheartened... | |
 | John Fiske - 1897 - 370 Seiten
...out of the River ; which was at a floud verie peroy.g salt: at a low tide full of slime and account filth; which was the destruction of many of our men. Thus we lived for the space of fiue months in this miserable distresse, not hauing fiue able men to man our Bulwarkes upon any occasion.... | |
 | John Fiske - 1897 - 374 Seiten
...the Eiver ; which was at a floud verie Percy.8 salt: at a low tide full of slime and acoolmtfilth; which was the destruction of many of our men. Thus we lived for the space of fiue months in this miserable distresse, not hauing fiue able men to man our Bulwarkes upon any occasion.... | |
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... which was at a flood very salt, at a low tide full of slime and filth; which was the destruction of many of our men. 
