The two and twentieth was faire weather:  in the morning our masters mate and foure more of the companie went up with our boat to sound the river higher up.  The people of the countrey came not aboord till noone:  but when they came, and saw the savages well, they were glad.  So at three of the clocke in the afternoone they came aboord, and brought tabacco, and more beades, and gave them to our master, and made an oration, and shewed him all the countrey round about.  Then they sent one of their companie on land, who presently returned, and brought a great platter full of venison dressed by themselves; and they caused him to eate with them:  then they made him reverence and departed, all save the old man that lay aboord.  This night, at ten of the clocke our boat returned in a showre of raine from sounding of the river; and found it to bee at an end for shipping to goe in.  For they had beene up eight or nine leagues, and found but seven foot water, and unconstant soundings.

The three and twentieth, faire weather.  At twelve of the clocke wee weighed, and went downe two leagues to a shoald that had two channels, one on the one side, and another on the other, and had little wind, whereby the tyde layed us upon it.  So there wee sate on ground the space of an houre till the floud came.  Then we had a little gale of wind at the west.  So wee got our ship into deepe water, and rode all night very well.

The foure and twentieth was faire weather:  the winde at the north-west, wee weighed, and went downe the river seven or eight leagues; and at halfe ebbe wee came on ground on a banke of oze in the middle of the river, and sate there till the floud.  Then wee went on land, and gathered, good store of chest-nuts.  At ten of the clocke wee came off into deepe water, and anchored....

The second, faire weather.  At break of day wee weighed, the winde being at north-west, and got downe seven leagues; then the floud was come strong, so we anchored.  Then came one of the savages that swamme away from us at our going up the river with many other, thinking to betray us.  But we perceived their intent, and suffered none of them to enter our ship.  Whereupon two canoes full of men, with their bowes and arrowes shot at us after our sterne:  in recompence whereof we discharged sixe muskets, and killed two or three of them.  Then above an hundred of them came to a point of land to shoot at us.  There I shot a falcon at them, and killed two of them:  whereupon the rest fled into the woods.  Yet they manned off another canoe with nine or ten men, which came to meet us.  So I shot at it also a falcon, and shot it through, and killed one of them.  Then our men with their muskets killed three or foure more of them.[10] So they went their way; within a mile after wee got downe two leagues beyond that place, and anchored in a bay, cleere from all danger of them on the other side of the river, where we saw a very good piece of ground:  and