Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and index.
Being all friends and forever Powhatans: the early Anglo-Powhatan relationship at Jamestown -- Hammerers and rough masons to prepare them: the First Anglo-Powhatan War, 1609-14 -- Subduing the Indians and advancing the interests of the planters: the Second Anglo-Powhatan War, the tobacco boom, and the rise of the tobacco elite, 1614-32 -- If you did but see me you would weep: expectation versus reality in the lives of Virginia immigrants, 1609-40 -- The best of times, the worst of times: the rise and decline of Sir William Berkeley's golden age, 1642-74 -- "To ruin and extirpate all Indians in general": the rebellion of Nathaniel Bacon -- Epilogue: White unity and Indian survival