History of the United States I / Unit 2 USH1 0172 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Jamestown's First Winter
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The idea
George Percy recorded food of a small can of barley boiled in water for five men a day, and cold river water to drink.
In practice
Bodies trailed out of their cabins like dogs to be buried, three or four in a night.
Where people slip
Thirty-eight of one hundred forty-four survived that winter, and Jamestown persisted.
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