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Squanto

(1580-1622)

Who Was Squanto?

Squanto was born circa 1580 near Plymouth, Massachusetts. Little is known about his early life. In 1614, he was kidnapped by English explorer Thomas Hunt, who brought him to Spain where he was sold into slavery. Squanto escaped, eventually returning to North America in 1619. He then returned to the Patuxet region, where he became an interpreter and guide for the Pilgrim settlers at Plymouth in the 1620s. He died circa November 1622 in Chatham, Massachusetts.

Early Life and Capture

Born circa 1580 near Plymouth, Massachusetts, Squanto, also known as Tisquantum, is best remembered for serving as an interpreter and guide for the Pilgrim settlers at Plymouth in the 1620s. Historians know little about Squanto's life. A Patuxet Indian born in present-day Massachusetts, Squanto is believed to have been captured as a young man along the Maine coast in 1605 by Captain George Weymouth, who had been commissioned by Plymouth Company owner Sir Ferdinando Gorges to explore the coast of Maine and Massachusetts, and reportedly captured Squanto, along

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Squanto

Native American contact of the Pilgrims

For the 1994 film, see Squanto: A Warrior's Tale.

Tisquantum (; c. 1585 (±10 years?) – November 30, 1622 O.S.), more commonly known as Squanto (), was a member of the Patuxet tribe of Wampanoags, best known for being an early liaison between the Native American population in Southern New England and the MayflowerPilgrims who made their settlement at the site of Tisquantum's former summer village, now Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Patuxet tribe had lived on the western coast of Cape Cod Bay, but were wiped out by an epidemic, traditionally assumed to be smallpox brought by previous European explorers; however, recent findings suggest that the disease was Leptospirosis,^[1] a bacterial infection transmitted to humans typically via "dirty water" or soil contaminated with the waste product of infected, often domestic animals.

Tisquantum was kidnapped by English explorer and slaver Captain Thomas Hunt, who trafficked him to Spain, where he sold him in the city of Málaga. He was among several captives traditionally cla

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It must be admitted that I was a very cynical child, which is perhaps what turned me into a professional historian. But the part about Thanksgiving that I always found hard to stomach as a child was the bit about Squanto the Indian in the famous story of the Pilgrims and their wonderful Thanksgiving meal.

It is a very strange story, in which the Pilgrims were half starved and in danger of dying out altogether, when some completely unknown Indian dude just walks out of the forest and says in perfect English, in the language of people he has never seen before on earth, words to the effect of, “Say there, chaps, but I would not help noticing that you blighters are in a bit of a sticky wicket, so I’ve some here to set things right, so start planting fish heads with your corn …”

It does strain the credulity. But in point of fact, the story is essentially true, and it sheds a certain amount of light on the early days of Colonial America.

To begin with, let’s give Squanto back what might be his real name, which was Tisquantum. He was born some time aroun