Tisquantum biography

Tisquantum, also known as Squanto, was a Patuxet man who assisted the Pilgrims after their first winter in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

He was integral to their survival. He was a member of the Patuxet tribe, a tributary of the Wampanoag Confederacy.

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He was enslaved and crossed the Atlantic Ocean six times, traveling with colonists to London and back.

Squanto's life is an amazing story of resilience and survival, and it is left out of the history books. We only get a snapshot of him in time, and it centers around the Pilgrim's Thanksgiving.

Squanto Facts: Early Life, Enslavement, and Return

• Squanto's date of birth is unknown, and was born in a Patuxet village near Plymouth Colony.
• According to most popular accounts, Captain George Weymouth was exploring the New England coastline for Thomas Arundell and Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, in 1605.
• Gorges captured Squanto and four others and brought them back to England.

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