In April 1622 , in the aftermath of the 1621/22 Powahatan attack on Jamestown , the Council in Virginia wrote to the London Company giving news of the disaster . That letter gives few details of the attack and does not mention warnings , though it does say that the Indians had attempted '' " ... to haue Swept vs away at once through owte the whole lande , had it nott plesed god of his abundant mercy to prevent them in many places . " '' George Sandys , Treasurer in Virginia , also wrote a letter to England about the attack and its consequences , and evidently went into much more detail
1621/22 Powahatan attack on Jamestown
Indian massacre of 1622
Richard Pace (Jamestown)