In the article of “The Jamestown Fiasco” by Edmund Morgan he explains the reasons of the possible failures of Jamestown. There was the fighting with the native of the land which resulted into an uneasy truce between the natives and Englishmen. The people of Jamestown also did not grow enough food so people had resorted to cannibalism. There were 500 people in the new world and by the time of spring only 60 remained. The people of Jamestown became very depended on the natives if the native were to move then that would be the end of the Englishmen and the native knew this.
In David Fischer “Albion's Seed” article; He talks about these folkways saying that a “folkway” is the structure of values, customs, and meanings that exist in any culture.
