[35]“Monhaccke” in the manuscript. In the early seventeenth century, Iroquois Indians ranged as far east as New Hampshire.
[36]Hip-length coats of some protective strength.
[37]Eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, where Pory had held land.
[38]Charts.
[39]Pacific Ocean. The French knew about the Great Lakes.
[40]Indians, quite powerful in Pory’s day, living in the lower part of the river valley of the same name.
[41]The letter was written at the fishing grounds off northern New England, probably Monhegan.
[42]In 1628 John Gibbs was master of the Marmaduke in the service of the New Plymouth Adventurers.
[43]Virginia Company of London.
[44]William Vengham. He was living and selling cured fish at Monhegan (probably by arrangement with the island’s owners) in 1624, and perhaps when Pory was in the region.