Study Guide for A Lion To Guard Us Author:Clyde Robert Bulla- Study guide by Denise Griney Study guide for the book, A Lion To Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla. It is set in the early sixteen hundreds in Jamestown, an English colony which was named in honor of King James. Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in America. The site was chosen, because it was easy to defend against attacks by the Indians or Spaniards. There were man... more »y problems to deal with, like malaria, because of contaminated river water, hostile Indians, and the laziness of the colonists.« less