leaves Bermuda today after several meetings with local families who may have ties to his family.

Mr. Weeden, who lives in Rhode Island, is the President and spokesperson for the Council of Seven, Royal House of Pokanoet, Wampanoag Nation.

He was last in Bermuda in November conducting a search for his relatives and he established that St. David's and St. George's, families with surnames such as Lambe, Fox, Pitcher, Burchall and Minors have American Indian lineage.

He is a direct descendant of King Philip who ruled over the Wampanoag nation in the 17th Century.

After his assassination in 1676, following a four-year battle with the British colonists, his wife, son, and 50 other native Americans were sold into slavery in Bermuda.

They joined two other groups of Pequot and Mohican Indians that had been sent to Bermuda as slaves between 1630-1670.