The Indian depredations have been on the increase until the frontier is unsafe, and this spring, when five hundred men were ready to march against the heathen, Governor Berkeley disbanded them, saying the frontier forts were sufficient protection for the people." "Are they ?" asked Robert.
"No." "Then why does he not send an army against them ?" "He is engaged in trafficking with the heathen and fears that he may lose, financially, by a war." "Is gain in traffic of more consequence than human life ?" "With him, it is." Robert was a lover of humanity, and in a moment he had taken sides.

He was a republican and his fate was cast with Bacon, even before he had seen this remarkable man..