John Smith (explorer) were planning to take his life, and it is written that he was warned about the plan by Pocahontas. He called a meeting and threatened those who were spoiled and not working "that he that will not work shall not eat." After that, the situation improved and the settlers worked with more industry, albeit with some punishments as needed. In December 1607, while seeking food along the Chickahominy River, Smith was captured and taken to meet the chief of the Powhatans at Werowocomoco, the main village of the Powhatan Confederacy. The village was on the north shore of the York
John Nicholl (mariner) in Guiana in the Yeare 1605", London, 1607. He dedicated it to Sir Thomas Smythe. John Nicholl (mariner) John Nicholl (fl. 1605–1637?) was an English mariner and author who joined an expedition to the English colony Guiana in 1605. He was shipwrecked and rescued by Spaniards who imprisoned him as a spy. He returned to England in 1607 and published an account of his adventures. He was one of 67 Englishmen who on 12 April 1605 sailed in the "Olive Branch", at the charge of Sir Olyff Leigh, to join the colony which had been planted by Captain Charles Leigh