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What twice daily event would cause water levels around Jamestown to rise and cause welts and freshwater streams to become brackish

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The rising and falling of the tides happened twice a day and it would cause the water levels around Jamestown to rise and cause freshwater streams and welts to become brackish or salty. There is evidence that this salty water may have made some early settlers sick.
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