by 1607, around the time the first permanent english settlement was founded, the chesaspeakes had united to fight the powhatan confederacy, suffering heavy losses. the last time the chesaspeakes were mentioned in historical documents was in 1627. the chesaspeakes have no pure descendants. their tribe, totally defeated by powhatan, was wiped out completely during this time frame by disease and attrition. according to william strachey's "the historie of travaile into virginia britanica" (1612), the chesepians were wiped out by powhatan because powhatan's priests had warned him that "from the chesapeake bay a nation should arise, which should dissolve and give end to his empire. "local legend has it that an advisor to the chief of the powhatan tribe had a vision in which strangers from the east would come and take their land. having no prior knowledge of the europeans that would eventually land at cape henry, the powhatans assumed the vision implicated the chesepians. the powhatans wiped out the entire chesepeian tribe in a proactive defensive measure. little did they know that the vision was correct. in 1607, a group of three ships ("the susan constant, the godspeed and the discovery), "led by captain christopher newport, landed at cape henry. this group of 104 men and boys would move inland and establish the first permanent english settlement at jamestown.