<P> After the expedition arrived in what is now Virginia , sealed orders from the Virginia Company were opened . These orders named Captain John Smith as a member of the governing Council . Smith had been arrested for mutiny during the voyage and was incarcerated aboard one of the ships . He had been scheduled to be hanged upon arrival , but was freed by Captain Newport after the opening of the orders . The same orders also directed the expedition to seek an inland site for their settlement , which would afford protection from enemy ships . </P>
<P> After the expedition arrived in what is now Virginia , sealed orders from the Virginia Company were opened . These orders named Captain John Smith as a member of the governing Council . Smith had been arrested for mutiny during the voyage and was incarcerated aboard one of the ships . He had been scheduled to be hanged upon arrival , but was freed by Captain Newport after the opening of the orders . The same orders also directed the expedition to seek an inland site for their settlement , which would afford protection from enemy ships . </P>
what was kept sealed until the colonists ' arrived in virginia
what was kept sealed until the colonists ' arrived in virginia
orders from the Virginia Company
orders from the Virginia Company