 Clapboard had already been sent back to England beginning with the first returning ship.The delivery of supplies in 1608 on the First and Second Supply missions of Captain Newport had also added to the number of hungry settlers.It seemed certain at that time that the colony at Jamestown would meet the same fate as earlier English attempts to settle in North America, specifically the Roanoke Colony (Lost Colony) and the Popham Colony, unless there was a major relief effort.