In 1621, as a ruse to deceive the English, Opechancanough established peace with the colony's officials and told them the Powhatan Indians would adopt Christianity, lulling the colonists into complacency. He also took a new name, Mangopeesomon, which may have symbolized his final preparations to attack the colonists
Powhatan was willing to trade and negotiate with the strangers, but he did insist they go to him, and he never came to Jamestown. When they forced him to accept a crown and promise that he would be subservient to their king, James I, and when, in 1609, they started using strong-arm tactics to get the food they needed, he started having second thoughts.
