Description
In 1605, George Weymouth kidnapped five Abenaki individuals and brought them back to England, lodging three of them with Ferdinando Gorges and two with John Popham; these Englishmen would use the knowledge the Abenakis imparted in colonial ventures along the East Coast. Sassacomoit was sent back with Henry Chollins and his countryman Manedo in 1606 according to Barbara Olexer. He was captured when the ship was overtaken by a Spanish vessel, and found himself imprisoned in Spain, from where he later escaped.
Bibliographic sources
Olexer, Barbara. The Enslavement of the American Indian in Colonial Times, 19-20; Vaughn, Alden T.