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Smith was injured in an accidental gunpowder explosion and sailed to England on October 4 for treatment. The settlers established [[Fort Algernon]] at [[Old Point Comfort]] in the fall of 1609, right beside the Kecoughtan village. In November, Powhatan ambushed and killed Captain [[John Ratcliffe (governor)|John Ratcliffe]] and 32 other colonists, who had gone to Orapax to buy corn, and the [[Starving Time|colonists began to starve to death]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Rethinking Jamestown
|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rethinking-jamestown-105757282/|date=2005-01-01|access-date=2022-04-10|newspaper=Smithsonian Magazine|language=en}}</ref> After being shipwrecked on [[Bermuda]] for nearly a year, [[Thomas Gates (governor)|Thomas Gates]] finally arrived in late May 1610 with [[Jamestown supply missions|meager and insufficient supplies]]. Gates saw the state that the colony was in after his arrival due to
De La Warr proved far harsher and more belligerent toward the Indians than any of his predecessors, and his solution was simply to engage in wars of conquest against them, first sending Gates to drive off the Kecoughtans from [[Kecoughtan, Virginia#Colonial and Native American Kecoughtan|their village]] on July 9, then giving Chief Powhatan the ultimatum to either return all colonists and their property or face war. Powhatan responded by insisting that the colonists either stay in their fort or leave Virginia. De la Warr had the hand of a Paspahegh captive cut off and sent him to the Powhatan with another ultimatum: return all colonists and their property or the neighboring villages would be burned. Powhatan did not respond.
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