Outlying plantations abandoned overnight. Survivors streaming into Jamestown on foot. A governor with no real map, crossing off names of settlements he no longer controlled, burying the dead in the same breath he was mustering what defense he could.

References

• "Francis Wyatt." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Wyatt
• Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. "The Tragedy of 1622: The Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom Military Offensive Against English Settlers in Virginia." Blog. https://www.jyfmuseums.org/Home/Components/News/News/86/148
• "Samuel Jord ...