The Jamestown Colony, Widespread with Deaths and Sicknesses Jamestown, a colony hanging by the strand of flesh, guns. Bows are shooting, and the smell of rotting bodies fill the air, why are so many colonists dying? In the spring of 1607 Jamestown the colony is not ready for the 15,000 native lurking in the woods behind them. The 104 colonists that departed are looking for a good spot to put the fort there. Many colonists are dying, because of three reasons, bad relations with the Native Americans, the brackish water that was in the river, and the poor settler skills(Doc. M). Many colonists are drinking the river water full of salt, garbage, and bacteria, also they are dying of starvation(Doc. M). These people didn’t know what they were
