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.
He was investigating the countryside near Powhatan's capital of Orapax in December, just seven months after establishing the fort on Jamestown Island, when a group led by Chief Powhatan's son Opechancanough apprehended him.