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The Starving Time

by Anna

The Starving Time at Jamestown

Hi, my topic is the starving time at Jamestown.  In 1609, it was a cold harsh winter in Jamestown.  John Smith, the leader of the colonists, had gone back to England.  Indians were surrounding the fort.  If the colonists egressed the fort, the Indians would shoot them.  The colonists would do anything for food. They were eating cats, dogs, horses, rats, and shoe leather (Ew!). One man even murdered his wife and ate her. The settlers put him to death for that.  He must have been selfish.  Only 60 out of 214 colonists survived.  Then all of the sudden, two ships arrived.  Their names were the Deliverance and the Patience.  The two ships came from Bermuda, delivering colonists that got shipwrecked in Bermuda. Then in 1610, John Smith came back. The Indians thought he was a magic man, so they stopped their siege. The End.

My sources: History wiz and BRITANNICA        

 

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