 When they arrived in the island of Nevis to replenish food and water, Captain Newport's busy managing those things. So Wingfield decides we're going to hang John Smith now. So he quickly has a gallows erected and he tells John he's going to be hanged. And John just laughs him off and John's friends protect him. And Wingfield is outraged that a man as powerful as him is not being listened to. So Newport realizes he needs to do something. So he tells John Smith.