USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1609, the beginning of the First Anglo-Powhatan War (1609–1614) prompted the Indians to lay siege to the English fort, helping to provoke the famine. Settlers were forced to eat snakes, vipers, rats, mice, musk turtles, cats, dogs, horses, and perhaps even raptors.

Detailed explanation-2: -In return, Powhatan began to send food and other provisions to the struggling colonists. In those early years, the settlers were entirely dependent on Powhatan’s support for survival. In February 1608, Smith visited Werowocomoco again, this time with Captain Christopher Newport, the current leader of the colony.

Detailed explanation-3: -Foods of Desperation After they ran out of provisions, they consumed meats they would never have willingly swallowed otherwise. First they slaughtered their horses. Faced with starvation, they ate dogs, cats, and rats-animals that had come to Jamestown as passengers on English ships-and even snakes.

Detailed explanation-4: -At first the settlers ate their horses, then their dogs and cats. Jamestown residents also ate rats, mice, and snakes, according to a firsthand account by George Percy, who became the colony’s temporary leader after John Smith left.