Causes Of Death In Early Jamestown

Death equals harm and not a lot of forgiveness. From 1607-1611, a lot of brave colonists die at Jamestown, mostly because of what they did. When Christopher Columbus started traveling the ocean, he had know idea he would land in the Americas. Francis West mostly went up to Chesapeake Bay to try and trade for corn. Colonists died in early Jamestown because of three main problems. These problems were having bad water, relations between the Indians and the Colonists, and having the wrong occupations. Why was the water bad? Blanton said,”filth introduced into the river tended to fester rather than flush away.” From the filth in the water it was contaminated with gross water because the people would go to the bathroom in river (Blanton 55). Blanton