JAMESTOWN, Va. — The powerful American Indian chief, known as Powhatan, had refused the English settlers’ demands to return stolen guns and swords at Jamestown, Va., so the English retaliated.

The study “The Dogs of Tsenacomoco: Ancient DNA Reveals the Presence of Local Dogs at Jamestown Colony in the Early Seventeenth Century” was published in American Antiquity and can be found at ...

(Reuters) - Following are some facts about Jamestown, the first successful English settlement in the New World. * Three ships bearing 400 settlers arrived at Jamestown Peninsula, in what is now ...