Who was Captain John Ratcliffe?

Captain John Ratcliffe cited in both the text and states that he was an alias to John Sicklemore but it is not confirmed as being true or not.(http://www.wisegeek.com/who-is-john-ratcliffe.htm What many people do not know  that Captain Ratcliffe had his own shipped called Discovery and John Smith were one of the men that was on his ship and he sailed to Virginia with 21 men which was considered a small ship out of the other two that where sailing to Virginia as well. It is also said that he was a governor and was one of the earliest English colony in Jamestown. The colony that was led by Ratcliffe was called Fort Algernon and was located at Fort Comfort. On September of 1607 he was elected as president of governing the colony and John Smith took over those duties in 1608. In the article the reason why Ratcliffe had to give up his duties was because he did not meet the expectations of what the council wanted of him. (http://genealogical-gleanings.com/Jamestown.htm)  It shows that if it was not for Captain John Ratcliffe than some of the success of John Smith would not have been known. Another Captain names James Davis would have to take over the colony due to Governor John Radcliffe’s death in September of 1609. The death of John Ratcliffe by the written articles of the people who knew of him in his colony said that is death sad.  They remember his death as The Luckless Captain Ratcliffe as to the article because it was so unfortunate death.(http://www.wisegeek.com/who-is-john-ratcliffe.htm) His death was by Chief Powhatan it was said because he was trading correctly with the natives but Pocahontas believes that was not true and she did not want him to be killed. He did with the women of the village boiling hot water and placing is feet in it. Also they scraped off his skin and then stuck his face in the hot water.   Although there is not much written about John Ratcliffe but you know that he was a man of his word and a man of power if he was elected to govern the English colony. 

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