He went up the Potomac and traded for corn; rescued an English boy from the Indians; had brushes with the savages.

In the autumn back to England with a string of ships went that tried and tested seafarer Christopher Newport.

Virginia wanted many things, and chiefly that the Virginia Company should excuse defect and remember promise.

So Gates sailed with Newport to make true report and guide exertion.

Six months passed, and the Lord Governor himself fell ill and must home to England.