ALIEN ABDUCTIONS
CHARACTERS THE MAWOOSHIN FIVE:
Kidnapped by Capt. George Waymouth in 1605, names as given in James Rosier’s two accounts of the voyage:
Tahanedo or Bhahanedo, a Sagamo or Commander, brother to the Bashabes. Amoret or Amooret, brother of Tahanedo.
WAYMOUTH’S VICTIMS S
tandard histories give the impres- sions that American history starts with Jamestown, or Henry Hudson or the Puritans at Plymouth. But
North American Natives had been running into Europeans for most of the preceding century. Fishing boats from Basque, French and west English ports had been working the Grand Bank cod schools by the hundreds, calling at the Labrador and Newfoundland coasts. Exploration and settlement attempts dated from the early 1500s and had acceler- ated after Queen Elizabeth’s break with Spain and the defeat of the Armada in 1588. The coast of New England was already familiar by the dawn of the 1600s. (John Smith, leader of a major exploration in 1614, complained it was becoming too crowded with European shipping.) One of the most important, but relatively
ignored, of the early explorations was the visit of Captain George Waymouth in 1605. The voyage was highly successful for science, less so for profit. It made speedy passage, scouted good harbors and gathered a wealth of intel- ligence. It could easily have resulted in the first permanent English settlement in North America, except for a major political problem. The venture was heavily backed by Catho-
lic interests, looking for a refuge for religious exiles. But just as it returned with a promising report, a group of Catholic extremists were plotting to assassinate King James I and most of Parliament. The group had discovered it could rent a storage space in the basement of the Parliament building, and filled it with gunpowder covered with firewood. The infa- mous Guy Fawkes, he of the ridiculous thin mustache and pointed goatee, guarded the stash and was arrested there November 5, just before the detonation. The explosion of the
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Skicowaros or Scikaworrowse, Gentlemen. Maneddo or Maneduck.
Sassacomoit or Satacomoah, a servant. BASHABES or BEZZABES
(d. 1616), head of the eastern Abenaki confederation, his main campfire near present-day Bangor.
THE EXPEDITIONS
CAPT. GEORGE WAYMOUTH, Commander of the Archangel, 1605.
JAMES ROSIER,
One of Waymouth’s company, author of report on the expedition. CAPT. HENRY CHALLONS,
commander of the Richard, 1606. Ill-fated follow-up voyage to
Waymouth – Maneddo and Sassacomoit fall into Spanish hands. JOHN STONEMAN,
pilot for Challons, veteran of Waymouth voyage. CAPTAIN THOMAS HANHAM and MARTIN PRING,
commander and master of relief voyage for Challons, 1606. Fails to connect with Challons but explores Maine coast. Journal of voyage since lost – returns Tahanedo a.k.a. Nahanda.
CAPTAINS GEORGE POPHAM and RALEIGH GILBERT, leaders of Sagadohoc colony in Maine, 1607 – 1608. Skicowaros a.k.a. Skedwarres accompanies as interpreter.
THE HOME FRONT SIR FERDINANDO GORGES (1565-1647),
captain of Plymouth Fort in England, promoter and holder of charter for a settlement in Maine.
SIR JOHN POPHAM (1531 – 1607),
Lord Chief Justice of England (Hanging John), principal of northern branch of Virginia Company.
SQUANTO/TISQUANTUM has no role in this drama.
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