In 1613, Pocahontas was taken hostage by an English ship captain, Samuel Argall. Argall wished to exchange Pocahontas for several Englishmen who were being held by the Powhatans and for numerous supplies, including tools, that the Native Americans had stolen from them. Pocahontas was taken to Jamestown, where the governor, Sir Thomas Dale, impressed by her manners and her intelligence, treated her kindly. She was instructed in Christianity and baptized, given the Christian name Rebecca.