Miller wrote that English settlers with the Jamestown Colony heard reports in 1609 of the captive Englishmen , but the reports were suppressed .
Settlers had no way to rescue the captives and did n't want to panic the Jamestown Colony colonists .
Miller wrote that English settlers with the Jamestown Colony heard reports in 1609 of the captive Englishmen , but the reports were suppressed because they had no way to rescue the captives and did n't want to panic the Jamestown colonists .