expedition to virginia, and sew put the scheme together in a little place calledotly inotly hall near ipswich in new england. and had a connection through another man who brought in captain john smith, and they all got together and they decided they were going to try and do this colony. formed the virginia company. joint stock venture, one of the earliest, if not the earliest modern corporation was put together. and in the late 1606, they decide to bring three ships, 105 colonists, all men, and -- well, men -- three boys. and left in late december of 1606. well, if you may know, may 13th is where they land on jamestown island. so that's a long time, and that was a problem. and they came in here with a food deficit right away, because it took too long to get here. they were instructed to go 100 miles from the coast, so that they would be protected from any raids from spanish. and that was the real fear, although they had a treaty in 1604 where they were not supposed to be worried about them. but you can't go -- as i was saying, the falls of the river at richmond, can't go 100 miles. so the fallback w