A sachem of the Nauset tribe on Cape Cod, Aspinet was a strong leader. In July 1621, young John Billington Jr. wandered away from the Plymouth settlement and ended up in Manomet (present day Bourne), where he was found by natives and delivered to Aspinet. The Nausets cared for the boy and eventually returned him to the Pilgrims, who gave the Nauset corn in exchange for what they had stolen from the Nausets during their first expeditions on the cape.
