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Starving Settlers Forced to Remain in Jamestown
The colonists of Jamestown carried out their dead during the harsh winter of 1609 to 1610. About 80 percent of the colony died during this period referred to as the Starving Time. The settlers of Jamestown, Virginia, were abandoning their town and returning to England. But just as they were sailing away, they were stopped by another ship. Lord De La Warr had arrived from England. He ordered the settlers to get off the boat and return to Jamestown. If Lord De La Warr had arrived even an hour later, Jamestown would have been empty.
"I just wanted to go back to England," one settler told PastTimes. "Jamestown will never be successful. Too many of us have died. I can not believe Lord De La Warr is ordering us to go back."
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