Jamestown colonists abandon their fort

After a particularly harsh winter sometimes refered to as The Starving Times, the colonists at Jamestown completely abandoned the fort and left with Sir Thomas Gates who had arrived to resupply the colony. While the Paspahegh and other Powhatan peoples had helped them survive their first two winters, relations were very strained with colonists trying 'buy' corn at gunpoint. By the winter of 1609-10 they had resorted to cannibalism. After abandoning the colony, they encountered another English supply ship downstream the very next day led by Lord De La Warr (Delaware), who forced them to return. Lord De La Warr greatly increased hostilities with the local Indigenous peoples and caused the ultimate demise of the Paspahegh peoples.