2-710-080 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Virginians Defending Themselves Against Indians', (1877). European settlers colonised the east coast of what is now the United States in the early 17th century. They fought with the local Native Americans, and named the territory they claimed Virginia. From "Our Country: a Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time", Volume 1, by Benson J. Lossing. [Johnson & Miles, New York, 1877]