MP3 Commentary Direct file links: 01 Powhatan village 02 Powhatan hut 03 Barbara snapping shots 04 cannon 05 governors house 06 tabacco 07 susan or sarah constant 08 Barbara and Brenda on the Godspeed 09 ship kitchen 10 cooks bed 11 chicken 12 me 13 church 14 church 15 church tower 16 cellar excavation 17 John Smith 18 jamestown fort 19 well

On May 14, 1607, after a circuitous voyage of 144 days, 104 male employees of the Virginia Company of London established a colony on Jamestown Island. They eventually befriended some local Indians, including Pocahontas. Many words of the Indian's language, Algonquian (Algonkian), are still in use today. Jamestown Island was a pretty dreadful place to settle in some regards as 66 of the 104 settlers died during the first year.