The colonization of Virginia has a much darker past than I would have imagined.  In this book specifically, the violence between Natives and the English was strongly emphasized.  What shocked me most was how the hatred between differences of one another brought about disunity, murder, and trauma to the people who lived in Virginia.  It makes you consider how different events would have panned out if settlers and natives were able to coexist peacefully or even unite as one. The most intense scene that displayed hatred and tension between both parties was when the Natives scalped hundreds of English settlers.  People weren’t just dying in war by gunshots, but instead the most grueling ways possible, being decapitated, hanged, or tortured.  Something else I thought was interesting were the laws of Henrico. The fact that settlers went against each other and such strict laws were enforced on settlers is hard to wrap my mind around.  Not only were settlers treating Natives poorly but they were also enforcing cruel punishment to each other.