It seems they are led by a cruel and powerful Chief who has conquered many tribes and has many warriors under his command. By all accounts he is a clever and conscientious leader and a man to fear. Captain Radford, the President of our Council, observed that these native warriors greatly outnumber the settlers and this Chief could have slaughtered us if it had been his will. It may be that he is willing to establish a truce between our people and his and to trade with us. We passed through excellent ground full of flowers of divers kinds and colours and strawberries four times bigger and better than our own in England. We met with a Savage who brought us to a Garden of Tobacco and other fruits and herbs. He gathered tobacco and distributed to every one of us then we departed as we mistrusted some villainy. Our fortifications are as yet unfinished and even the gentlemen amongst us have laboured beside the artisans to erect the walls as we fear for our lives and the safety of our womenfolk.
