The First Four Heroes of American Liberty and Social ...

1607 May 14 – Wingfield selects Jamestown site, overruling Gabriel Archer’s preferred location near present day Kingsmill. Dec – Pocahontas saves John Smith for the first of two times. 1608 Jan 4 – Christopher Newport arrives with 60 new colonists and rescues John Smith from hanging. Only 40 of original 105 colonists are still alive. ................
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