When the paramount chief Opechancanough of the Powhatan Confederacy launched the surprise attack of 1622 that killed nearly a third of the English colonists and triggered the Second Anglo-Powhatan War , nobody from Jordan 's Journey was listed as killed . Jordan 's Journey withstood the attack and became a fortified refuge . After the initial assault , many of the outlying settlements were temporarily abandoned , and most of the colonists were ordered to move to a small number of relatively safer settlements , one of which was Jordan 's Journey . As a result , Jordan 's Journey grew . In February 1624 , 42 people were living at Jordan 's Journey ; a year later , 56 people were living there
surprise attack of 1622
Indian massacre of 1622
Samuel Jordan