In "A Brave and Cunning Prince," Horn tells the story of the 17th-century Anglo-Indian wars from the perspective of a mostly forgotten leader, who, he claims, understood better than any of his contemporaries the dangers posed by the European invaders and their vulnerabilities, including their dependence on the Powhatans for food, and who "came closer than any other warrior of his time to drive them from American shores." Thirty years later, according to James Horn (president of Jamestown Rediscovery and author of several books about Jamestown and the "lost colony" of Roanoke), he reappeared as Opechancanough, a war chief of the Powhatans. When the Spanish authorities put a price on his head, Paquiquineo disappeared without a trace. Soon after they arrived, however, Paquiquineo led a war party that murdered the priests. After spending 10 years in Madrid, Mexico City, Florida and Cuba, Don Luis returned to the Chesapeake with a group of Jesuits, ostensibly to help them set up a mission school for the Indians. Paquiquineo convinced Philip of his princely origin and received the title Don Luis. They took Paquiquineo to Spain, where he met King Philip II, who was eager to learn about his empire in the New World. In 1561, Spanish explorers abducted an Indian boy from his home in what is now coastal Virginia.
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