He was reconnoitering the countryside near Powhatan's capital of Orapax in December, only seven months after building the fort on Jamestown Island, when a communal hunting party led by Chief Powhatan's son Opechancanough captured him.
While reconnoitering the area around Powhatan's capital of Orapax in December, shortly after building the fort on Jamestown Island, he was taken by a communal hunting party commanded by Chief Powhatan's son Opechancanough.