Smith sent his account of the new colony back to Britain, where it was published. English people would never have seen such place names as Rappahannock and Nandtanghtacund before. The fauna and flora of the new country introduced them to racoons and skunks. Other accounts talked of moccasins, wigwams, and squaws. These words were being read in Britain within a few years of the colonists' arrival - the first signs of a future American English