<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> After the expedition arrived in what is now Virginia, sealed orders from the Virginia Company were opened . These orders named Captain John Smith as a member of the governing Council . Smith had been arrested for mutiny during the voyage and was incarcerated aboard one of the ships . He had been scheduled to be hanged upon arrival, but was freed by Captain Newport after the opening of the orders . The same orders also directed the expedition to seek an inland site for their settlement, which would afford protection from enemy ships . </P> <P> Obedient to their orders, the settlers and crewmembers re-boarded their three ships and proceeded into the Chesapeake Bay . They landed again at what is now called Old Point Comfort in the City of Hampton . In the following days, seeking a suitable location for their settlement, the ships ventured upstream along the James River . Both the James River and the settlement they sought to establish, Jamestown (originally called "James His Towne") were named in honor of King James I . </P>

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