Ratcliffe succeeded him, but presently Ratcliffe fared no better.

One councilor fared worse, for George Kendall, accused of plotting mutiny and pinnace stealing, was given trial, found guilty, and shot.
"The eighteenth day [of September] died one Ellis Kinistone....

The same day at night died one Richard Simmons.

The nineteenth day there died one Thomas Mouton...." What went on, in Virginia, in the Indian mind, can only be conjectured.
As little as the white mind could it foresee the trend of events or the ultimate outcome of present policy.

There was exhibited a see-saw policy, or perhaps no policy at all, only the emotional fit as it came hot or cold.