We had nothing ... after Captaine Smith's departure, there remained not past sixty men, women and children, most miserable and poor creatures; and those were preserved for the most part, by roots, herbs, acornes, walnuts, berries, now and then a little fish. This was that time, which still to this day we called the starving time; it were too vile to say, and scarce to be believed, what we endured ...' - "Generall Historie of Virginia", John Smith, 1624 Based on the excerpt, how did the harsh environmental conditions affect the Jamestown Colonists?