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Smith returns to Jamestown just in time …
Years: 1608 - 1608
January
Smith returns to Jamestown just in time for the arrival of the "First Supply" on January 2, 1608.
Again, it contains insufficient provisions and seventy new colonists.
Likewise, Newport's "Second Supply" brings seventy more settlers, including some craftsmen, but adds little to the welfare of the colony.
Shortly after Newport’s return, one of the new colonists accidentally starts a fire that levels all of the colony's living quarters.
The fire further deepens the colony's dependence on the natives for food.
Despite original intentions to grow food and trade with the Virginia natives, the colonists, barely surviving, have become dependent upon the supply missions.
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Years: 1608 - 1608
January
Locations
People
Groups
- Powhatan (Amerind tribe)
- London Company, The (also called the Virginia Company of London)
- Virginia (English Colony)
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions