From mutiny at sea to sealed instructions, this is the first step in a journey that echoes to this day. We use cookies to give you the best online experience. Strictly necessary cookies are on by ...

John Smith had a genius for adventures ... They called it Fort James, but soon the settlement came to be known as Jamestown. For a church, they nailed a board between two trees to serve as ...

The Park Service plans to shed light on pre-Colonial Indian society at the site where Pocahontas met John Smith. In December 1607, six months after the founding of the English settlement of Jamestown, ...

Jamestown is an excellent example of how early ... The colony was led by a council that included the legendary military captain John Smith and was headed by Edward Maria Wingfield.

Next they went after the horses. According to Captain John Smith, some finally resorted to cannabilism. One man even killed his wife in order to fill his stomach. By the spring of 1610 ...