<Tr> <Th> Perpetrators </Th> <Td> Powhatan </Td> </Tr> <P> The Indian Massacre of 1622 took place in the English Colony of Virginia, in what is now the United States, on Friday, 22 March 1622 . John Smith, though he had not been in Virginia since 1609 and was not a first hand eyewitness, related in his History of Virginia that braves of the Powhatan "came unarmed into our houses with deer, turkeys, fish, fruits, and other provisions to sell us". The Powhatan grabbed any tools or weapons available and killed all English settlers they found, including men, women, and children of all ages . Chief Opechancanough led a coordinated series of surprise attacks by the Powhatan Confederacy that killed 347 people, a quarter of the English population of the Virginia colony . </P> <P> Jamestown, founded in 1607, was the site of the first successful English settlement in North America, and was then the capital of the Colony of Virginia . Its tobacco economy led to constant expansion and seizure of Powhatan lands, which ultimately provoked a violent reaction . </P> <P> At first, the natives were glad to trade provisions to the colonists for metal tools, but by 1609 the English governor, John Smith, had begun to send in raiding parties to demand food . This earned the colonists a bad reputation among the Native Americans and precipitated conflict . They isolated the Native Americans, burned down houses, and stole their food supplies . The English violence alienated the natives further and they laid siege to the Jamestown fort for several months . Unable to secure more food supplies, many colonists died during the "starving time" in 1609--10 . </P>

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