Cannibalism, Starvation, and Murder🍗 | The Jamestown Colony

[@gregorybumgardner2741]

Not about clean water to drink. They brought and mostly drank small beer because they knew it was safe. They found Pyrite, which is an indication of gold. Livestock were brought on the first ships - Goat, chickens and pigs. Pigs were put on an island and suddenly became plentiful. You're correct about Lord De La Warr. Rolfe brought South American Orinoco tobacco with him. It was the Powhatan Rustica that the English didn't like.

[@rachelann9362]

A large branch of my family come in the 1590s and early 1600s. Several of my great greats were killed in the Massacre, the starving times, and others were left orphaned. I’m only just getting started on trying to piece together some life stories. Some of my relatives owned slaves, owned or were indentured servants themselves (mainly the Irish and Scottish folk.) one of those relatives was a Governor of Jamestown colony. A little later on, they moved to the NC areas, Maryland. Some participates in Bacons Rebellion. Another large branch of my family were in the original colonies of Massachusetts colonies. I have some ties to the Proctors. I have not one, but two great great grandmothers that were tried and convicted in the Salem witch trials. One was imprisoned, the other was hung. I grew up in NJ,where many fought in the revolutionary war. I moved to VA to the lands that used to be the land of Powhatans. Plantations that my relatives worked in, owned, or labored are within a short walking distance, if not in my yard. I still have to track down land deeds and such, but it would not surprise me.. one is literally 2 miles up the road still

[@rachelann9362]

The specific tribes that I know are the Pamunkey, Rappahannock, and the Mattopani. There are MANY more tribes in my areas, historically and now, but those are the ones that are federally recognized (which is bullshit since we came second.) the Pamunkey and Mattoponi still retain their reservations from the 17th century. However Pumunkey only just got recognized in 2016. In 2022, the Mattoponi purchased its first official unit of housing though some private land had been maintained by tribe members since the 17th century

[@BeverlyBigglesworth]

I really enjoy your channel! Just joined the Patreon!

[@APHOUTpodcast]

Thank you for your support!! 💛🖤

[@67comet]

Swung by to see what this channel was about, stayed for the story, and although it is getting close to Halloween when I wrote this, 3 months ago (when this video was released, it was still early summer - YOU GO GIRL!). Subscribed, hope to watch more tonight. Nice work.

[@sheilabloom6735]

Great video. Several years ago, my relatives came down to visit me (Alexandria) and we spent two days in Williamsburg and Jamestown. Jamestown is definitely worth a visit. I don't think I saw any mention of cannibalism there. See if I still have the books I bought there.

[@trevalyngayle2857]

This is the best fairytale crap I've ever heard , for starter in 1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brought tobacco to England from Virginia, so for the next 20years tobacco was being shipped to England from Virginia. As for the Cannibalism, which I can see you're skirting around not wanting to admit happened, in the winter of 1609 when the ship left for England there was 500 settlers, due to bad weather the ship did not return with supplies until spring of 1610, only to discovery that there was only 46 settlers found alive because they had eaten the other 454 to survive the starvation of the 1609.

[@bonitagleisle2470]

Just found your channel! Love it ! Love the pumpkin and ghosts in background!! Hope you do spooky stuff for Halloween !

[@nunyabusy]

48:05 😂 When you deliver prisoners without their hands back to your opponent and that means things are actually looking up. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I just found your channel. Strong work! I love the topic of Jamestown 😍 and who doesn’t love some morbid curiosity!? Have you checked out “The Double Life of Pocahontas” by Jean Fritz? (Same author as Magic School Bus) She did a ton of research for it. Highly recommend. Please consider revisiting this topic with another video. There’s still John Smith’s allergic reaction where he had his men start digging a hole in the ground to bury him - only to get better the next morning. And the massacre in 1622 when 347 English were slaughtered. Epic. Not your typical war stories. Take us there?

[@melissabyrne8749]

Thanks for sharing just subbed

[@Renastarsong]

While I can absolutely see the English embellishing the execution or making up the method all together, if they did it with the idea of making the Natives seem “uncivilized” I am going to have to raise a very pointed eyebrow at the entire drawing and quartering business. Pot and kettle guys.