When the paramount chief Opechancanough of the Powhatan Confederacy launched the surprise attack of 1622 that killed nearly a third of the English colonists and triggered the Second Anglo-Powhatan War, nobody from Jordan's Journey was listed as killed. Jordan's Journey withstood the attack and became a fortified refuge. After the initial assault, many of the outlying settlements were temporarily abandoned, and most of the colonists were ordered to move to a small number of relatively safer settlements, one of which was Jordan's Journey. As a result, Jordan's Journey grew. In February 1624, 42 people were living at Jordan's Journey; a year later, 56 people were living there.