With Smith gone, Chief Powhatan feels clear…
December 1609 CE
With Smith gone, Chief Powhatan feels clear to end the truce and he begins a campaign to starve the English out of Virginia.
The Powhatans stop trading with the colonists for food.
John Ratcliffe, captain of the Discovery, has became colony president and tries to improve the colony's situation by obtaining food.
Hoping to emulate Captain Smith, John Ratcliffe attempts a trade mission shortly after being elected, but is captured by Chief Powhatan and tortured to death, along with fourteen of his men, leaving the colony without strong leadership.
The Powhatans carry out additional attacks on other colonists who come in search of trade.
Hunting also becomes very dangerous, as they kill any Englishmen they find outside the fort.
The Powhatans place the colony completely under siege and attempt to end the English settlement through starvation.
Between the lack of trade with the natives, and the failure of the Third Supply to arrive with expected supplies, the colony finds itself with far too little food for the winter.
With the new arrivals, there are many more mouths to feed.
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