A few days, and away he is again, first up to Rappahannock, and then across the bay.

On this journey he and his men come up with the giant Susquehannocks, who are not Algonquins but Iroquois.

After many hazards in which the forest and the savage play their part, Smith and his band again return to Jamestown.

In all this adventuring they have gained much knowledge of the country and its inhabitants--but yet no gold, and no further news of the South Sea or of far Cathay.
It was now September and the second summer with its toll of fever victims was well-nigh over.

Autumn and renewed energy were at hand.