What other methods do you think smith could have used to save the colony ?

He could teach the people how to survive. For example, he can help them by keeping them warm and he could trade ideas with them.

Towns and small farms are usually for land, lakes, rivers, and seas.they also produce other food, like crops.it's also where animals are, where we get our meat.large plantations normally have forests, where crops are grown for sale. (similar to farms)plantations have larger fields of crops.our wine, sugar canes, and fruits come from plantations.