Chapter 2 Images

Jamestown Massacre

An engraving of the massacre that ended a decade of relative peace between the British settlers and their Native American neighbors. the brother and successor of Chief Powhatan, Opecancanough, launched this attack as part of a new strategy of resistance and a dream of expulsing the English.

"Indian Massacre of the English at Jamestown, 22 March 1622." From Theodore de Bry, America, Part XIII 1634, opposite page 28.
The reproduction was provided courtesy of Bettman / Corbis.