Jamestown Survival Essay

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Jamestown
A Man's fight with Survival.

Mayhem breaks out in Jamestown, You find yourself in an absolutely terrifying situation, all of the food in your Colony has ran out and supply ships came with no supplies . The only food left is one of your fallen friends. What would you do? Could you every gather the strength to eat your friend. During the ¨starving time¨ in Jamestown, tested a man's strength. The starving time was filled with hardships and a harsh winter. Colonist were forced to do the unthinkable in order to survive.

The Beginning, Jamestown had always been a hard place to live in. The marsh land made it almost impossible to farm. The colonists only had one allie, but not for long. Upon the arrival of the first four hundred
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For the colonists in Jamestown were always struggling. Although they had an alliance with the Powhatans. The colonists also found it very hard to live together. Soon, a raging hurricane hit three out of the nine ships, and sent them off course. The ships were full of people hoping to start a new life or escape the smallpox epidemic in England. The ships also carried supplies such as food and building materials. Only six out of the nine ships reported to Jamestown, and appeared to survive a great battle. Then a problem arose. All of the food on the ships had been eaten aboard during the hurricane. In addition to no food the last of the corn harvest had been eaten. With just two months until the beast of a winter to come. The colonists of Jamestown were …show more content…
To clarify, eating a fallen colonist was a last resort when there was no food. For the first couple of weeks during the starving time, the colonists lived off of half a meal a day. Half a meals could only last so long. It wasn’t very long until the colonist found themselves eating their beloved pets such as, cats and dogs. During this turning point in the starving time in Jamestown, a small dead mouse became a sack of gold. A creature that was once frowned upon became a priceless food source. Fights would break out between two, to fifteen men and would often get very

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