, ▁meeting ▁Native ▁American ▁tribes ▁and ▁taking ▁stock ▁of ▁natural ▁resources . ▁ ▁During ▁his ▁travel s , ▁Har ri ot ▁and ▁his ▁assist ants ▁collected ▁data ▁that ▁would ▁eventually ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁produce ▁John ▁White ' s ▁La ▁Vir g inea ▁Par s ▁map . ▁▁▁ ▁Although ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁science ▁could ▁not ▁explain ▁the ▁phenomen on , ▁Har ri ot ▁noticed ▁that ▁each ▁town ▁the ▁colon ists ▁visited ▁quickly ▁suffered ▁a ▁dead ly ▁ep ide mic , ▁which ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁influen za ▁or ▁small po x . ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁Sec ot an ▁sus pected ▁the ▁disease ▁was ▁caused ▁by ▁super natural ▁forces ▁un le ashed ▁by ▁the ▁English . ▁ ▁When ▁Wing ina ▁fell ▁sick , ▁his ▁own ▁people ▁could ▁not ▁treat ▁him , ▁but ▁he ▁recovered ▁after ▁request ing ▁pray ers ▁from ▁the ▁English . ▁ ▁Im pressed , ▁Wing ina ▁asked ▁the ▁colon ists ▁to ▁share ▁this ▁power ▁with ▁other ▁str icken ▁communities , ▁which ▁only ▁hast ened ▁the ▁spread ▁of ▁disease . ▁ ▁The ▁ep ide mic ▁likely ▁had ▁a ▁severe ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁fall ▁har vest , ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁Lane ' s ▁col ony ▁would ▁be ▁heavily ▁dependent ▁on ▁its ▁neighb ors ▁to ▁supp lement ▁its ▁limited ▁food ▁supply . ▁ ▁Host ilities ▁and ▁Food ▁Short ages ▁ ▁By ▁spring ▁relations ▁between ▁the ▁Sec ot an ▁and ▁the ▁col ony ▁were ▁stra ined , ▁most ▁likely ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁col ony ' s ▁over re liance ▁on ▁Sec ot an