1607: ENGLISH DESPERADOS SOUGHT QUICK RICHES IN VIRGINIA SWAMPS JAMESTOWN rose in the spring of 1607, when the ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery pressed up the James River and anchored near a malarial swamp. One hundred and four settlers disembarked—gentlemen, soldiers, laborers, a few artisans, and several boys indentured for service. They hacked logs, …








