1610 - Jamestown sticks its stakes in the ground

In 1610 the Jamestown colony
Was struggling to survive the harsh winter
Attacks from natives meant they had to flee
In the end to find a better shelter
Elsewhere in untamed North America
After crossing three thousand miles, to die
In a harsh hostile wilderness, to fare
So badly when their hopes had once been high
Seems rather like the stuff of tragedy
Heroic failure, yet this odyssey
Would pave the way for great success later
Stealing the land from others' custody
European advance, glorious history
But at what cost to once holy nature?

Note: Jamestown, Virginia was first begun as a settlement in 1607.