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. Tahanedo, or Nahanda, was taken back to Pemaquid in 1606 as part of an expedition led by Thomas Hanham and Martin Pring. When, the following year, another, Skidwarres, returned with another expedition, Nahanda was understandably wary. He and Skidwarres continued to mediate on behalf of their people as Popham and the others established the ill-fated settlement at Sagadahoc and attempted to trade on behalf of the Virginia Company of Plymouth.
Bibliographic sources
Calloway, Colin. Dawnland Encounters: Indians and Europeans in Northern New England, 44-48.