A history of the United States . ohn Ratcliffe. Fol-lowing the usual route bythe Canary Islands andthe West Indies they werefour months on the voyageand on April 26, 1607,sighted the Virginia capes,which they named Charlesand Henry after the sonsof King James. Afterexploring the waters ofHampton Roads they pro-ceeded about thirty milesup the James and landedMay 14 (May 24, newstyle) on a low island or peninsula, where they erected afort and began a town, named like the river in honor ofthe king. Jamestown was an unfortunate location, malarial,destitute of fresh-water springs, and covered with
A history of the United States . ohn Ratcliffe. Fol-lowing the usual route bythe Canary Islands andthe West Indies they werefour months on the voyageand on April 26, 1607,sighted the Virginia capes,which they named Charlesand Henry after the sonsof King James. Afterexploring the waters ofHampton Roads they pro-ceeded about thirty milesup the James and landedMay 14 (May 24, newstyle) on a low island or peninsula, where they erected afort and began a town, named like the river in honor ofthe king. Jamestown was an unfortunate location, malarial,destitute of fresh-water springs, and covered with trees andtall grass, exposing the little colony to sudden attack fromthe Indians. After exploring the James as far as the falls, Newportdeparted for England, leaving one hundred and four settlerssurrounded by hostile Indians and provided with very scantsupplies. So great was the suffering and consequent mortal-ity that by September only forty-six survived. Furthermore,the little colony was split into factions. Of the six members. Pocahontas. English Colonization, 1584-1660 23 of the council left by Newport one had died, another hadbeen shot for attempted desertion, and now the president,Edward Maria Wingfield, was cast into prison by the re-maining three and John Ratcliffe elected in his stead. One of these three was Captain John Smith, who soonbecame the leading spirit of the colony. Smith was oneof those men who seek and find romance and captainadventure wherever they go. Although only John Smiththirty years old he had encountered dangers and performedexploits that few men experience in a lifetime. He wasnow put in charge of the stores and managed in some wayto allay the hostility of the Indians and to procure corn. In December, while onan exploring expeditionup the Chickahominy,two of his companionswere killed by the In-dians, and he was cap-tured and taken beforePowhatan, the war chiefof an extensive confeder-acy. He was condemnedto death, and his headplaced on a stone read
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