Jamestown | The Starving Time | 3

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 1609, a hurricane struck a large English fleet bound for Virginia on a rescue mission. Some of the battered survivors safely landed in Jamestown, but the flagship Sea Venture and the provisions it carried were lost. The already hungry colonists were forced to face the winter without those much-needed supplies.

That fall, Powhatan Indians laid siege to Jamestown. Roughly 300 colonists were trapped inside the fort, with no ability to hunt or forage. As food supplies dwindled, the settlers would resort to desperate measures to survive.

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0:00.0	Wunderry Plus subscribers can binge new seasons of American History Tellers early and
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0:19.2	Relived the fierce competition between the superpowers and witness history as it unfolds in a whole new way.
0:25.0	Subscribe to the American History Tellers channel on YouTube and let us know what you think. Imagine is early in the morning in December 1609 in Jamestown, Virginia.
0:47.0	You shiver as you slip outside the fort, the snow on the ground dampening your worn boots.
0:52.2	It's been more than two years since you arrived in
0:54.2	Jamestown, but conditions have never been so dire. The food supply is dwindling fast.
1:00.3	Nawing hunger kept you up all night, a constant hollow ache in the pit of your stomach, so you're desperate to try to find some sort of sustenance.
1:09.0	You tense at the sound of her rustle in the underbrush.
1:12.0	A small bird emerges, a chicken, one that must have gotten loose months ago.
1:18.0	Thoughts of a decent meal fill your mind as you cautiously approach, your stomach twisting in anticipation. But then suddenly a tall
1:26.1	scowling Indian emerges from the trees. He wears a deer-skinned cloak and has a bow and
1:31.3	quiver of arrows slung over his shoulder.
1:33.0	Before you can react, the man grabs the chicken and swiftly breaks its neck.
1:38.0	No, that's mine.
1:41.0	The man walks toward you, his eyes cold and hard.
1:44.0	Go back, go back to the fort.
1:47.0	You throw up your hands in a pleading gesture.
1:50.0	Please, I need food.
1:52.0	If not the chicken, you must... Please, I need food.
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