Causes Of Death In Early Jamestown
Death equals harm and not a lot of forgiveness. From 1607-1611, a lot of brave colonists die at Jamestown, mostly because of what they did. When Christopher Columbus started traveling the ocean, he had know idea he would land in the Americas. Francis West mostly went up to Chesapeake Bay to try and trade for corn. Colonists died in early Jamestown because of three main problems. These problems were having bad water, relations between the Indians and the Colonists, and having the wrong occupations. Why was the water bad? Blanton said,”filth introduced into the river tended to fester rather than flush away.” From the filth in the water it was contaminated with gross water because the people would go to the bathroom in river (Blanton 55). Blanton
also said,” reliable sources of fresh water would have been scarce by the seventeenth century.” Colonists had to build wells because of the scarce amount of water (Blanton 55). Stahle was talking about the drought that happen from 1560-1640. Lack of water was made harder for farmers because it made food not get enough water and their food would start to rot. Having droughts , people using the river to do their business, and having a scarce amount of water killed many colonists. The Indians and English fought more than ever. “They might attack each other because of lack of rain (Stahle 57). Running out of water would cause tension because you had to share instead of keeping it. Hume said,“Some harshe and [cruel] dealings by cutting of towe [two] of the Salvages heads and other extremetyes.” It means that they had fought and returned dead or bruised (Hume 61). Fausz said, “ In 1607, at least 3 more die in Indian ambushes. At least 50 settlers were killed by Indians (Fausz 63). Since the Indians owed most of the land, they got angry because the settlers would steal their land. Another reason why colonists died was having wrong occupations. John Smith recorded, “that there was only one surgeon.” If the surgeon was sick who would operate (Smith 59). There was no Gunsmith. Having no Gunsmith your guns would be clogged and wouldn’t be cleaned. There wasn’t an Apothecaries (druggists). When people would get really sick there would have no medicine. “In 1608” John Smith recorded, “that there wasn’t a carpentered. A carpentered was important to have because if the ship was to brake he would be able to fix it (Smith 59). Having more than one surgeon or an Apothecaries would have help decrease the deaths on the ships. Colonists die in Jamestown because of three main problems. These problems were having bad water, relations between the Indians and colonists, and having wrong occupations. In the argument the key Ideas are kinda saying that they would work hard, but colonists had been friendly with Indians but some died. The Question,” Why did so many Colonists died in Early Jamestown?” is important to us today because it is a symbol of the United States being made.
also said,” reliable sources of fresh water would have been scarce by the seventeenth century.” Colonists had to build wells because of the scarce amount of water (Blanton 55). Stahle was talking about the drought that happen from 1560-1640. Lack of water was made harder for farmers because it made food not get enough water and their food would start to rot. Having droughts , people using the river to do their business, and having a scarce amount of water killed many colonists. The Indians and English fought more than ever. “They might attack each other because of lack of rain (Stahle 57). Running out of water would cause tension because you had to share instead of keeping it. Hume said,“Some harshe and [cruel] dealings by cutting of towe [two] of the Salvages heads and other extremetyes.” It means that they had fought and returned dead or bruised (Hume 61). Fausz said, “ In 1607, at least 3 more die in Indian ambushes. At least 50 settlers were killed by Indians (Fausz 63). Since the Indians owed most of the land, they got angry because the settlers would steal their land. Another reason why colonists died was having wrong occupations. John Smith recorded, “that there was only one surgeon.” If the surgeon was sick who would operate (Smith 59). There was no Gunsmith. Having no Gunsmith your guns would be clogged and wouldn’t be cleaned. There wasn’t an Apothecaries (druggists). When people would get really sick there would have no medicine. “In 1608” John Smith recorded, “that there wasn’t a carpentered. A carpentered was important to have because if the ship was to brake he would be able to fix it (Smith 59). Having more than one surgeon or an Apothecaries would have help decrease the deaths on the ships. Colonists die in Jamestown because of three main problems. These problems were having bad water, relations between the Indians and colonists, and having wrong occupations. In the argument the key Ideas are kinda saying that they would work hard, but colonists had been friendly with Indians but some died. The Question,” Why did so many Colonists died in Early Jamestown?” is important to us today because it is a symbol of the United States being made.