. ▁ ▁From ▁there ▁these ▁ab duct ees ▁would ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁communicate ▁with ▁Thomas ▁Har ri ot , ▁and ▁might ▁reve al ▁that ▁Europe ans ▁were ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁region . ▁ ▁Qu inn ▁evidently ▁believed ▁circumstances ▁such ▁as ▁these ▁were ▁necessary ▁to ▁explain ▁optim ism ▁about ▁the ▁colon ists ' ▁surv ival ▁after ▁ 1 6 0 3 . ▁ ▁Although ▁Stra ch ey ▁accused ▁W ah un sen aca wh ▁of ▁sla ugh ter ing ▁the ▁colon ists ▁and ▁Ch ese pi ans ▁in ▁separate ▁pass ages , ▁Qu inn ▁decided ▁that ▁these ▁events ▁occurred ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁attack ▁on ▁an ▁integrated ▁community , ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 6 0 7 . ▁ ▁He ▁supposed ▁that ▁W ah un sen aca wh ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁seeking ▁reven ge ▁for ▁the ▁spec ulative ▁kid n app ings ▁by ▁M ace . ▁ ▁In ▁Qu inn ' s ▁estimation , ▁John ▁Smith ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁learn ▁of ▁the ▁mass acre , ▁but ▁for ▁political ▁consider ations ▁he ▁quietly ▁reported ▁it ▁directly ▁to ▁King ▁James ▁rather ▁than ▁reve aling ▁it ▁in ▁his ▁published ▁writ ings . ▁ ▁Despite ▁Qu inn ' s ▁reputation ▁on ▁the ▁subject , ▁his ▁pe ers ▁had ▁res erv ations ▁about ▁his ▁theory , ▁which ▁re lies ▁heavily ▁on ▁the ▁accounts ▁of ▁Stra ch ey ▁and ▁P urch as . ▁ ▁Spanish ▁attack ▁ ▁While ▁prepar ing ▁to ▁compose ▁a ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁drama ▁about ▁the ▁Lost ▁Col ony , ▁Paul ▁Green ▁noticed ▁that ▁Spanish ▁records