That December, a Powhatan hunting party captured Smith during one of these trips and brought him before Wahunsenacawh (commonly known as Chief Powhatan), the leader of most of the indigenous tribes in the Chesapeake Bay region.
The new colony struggled with food shortages and disease, and in the fall of 1607 Smith began conducting expeditions to Native American villages to secure food. READ MORE: What Was Life Like in Jamestown? John Smith and Pocahontas
He was released and allowed to assume his council seat to lead Jamestown, established in May 1607 on the banks of the river they named for King James. When the ships reached Virginia in April 1607 and the settlers opened a box containing a list of men that the Virginia Company had appointed as a governing council for the new colony, Smith’s name was on the list. During the four-month sea voyage, expedition leaders arrested Smith for planning a mutiny and imprisoned him below decks in shackles. With a charter from King James I in hand, 104 settlers sailed from England aboard three ships in December 1606. In 1607, Smith’s military reputation helped earn him a spot in the group of men assembled by the Virginia Company to form an English colony in North America. As a commemoration of his feats in battle, Smith had a coat of arms engraved with three heads (representing three Turkish officers he had killed) and the motto V incere est V ivere, Latin for “to conquer is to live.” Founding of Jamestown
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