ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -When Squanto returned home in 1619, he discovered that the Patuxet people had been wiped out by smallpox. He lived with the Wampanoag and became involved with the Pilgrims, who had settled at Plymouth in 1620. Squanto would live with them and work as an interpreter between them and the tribes in the area.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Pilgrims were incredibly fortunate that the Wampanoag counted Squanto amongst their number. Squanto acted as one of the first interpreters between Native Americans and English settlers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The native inhabitants of the region around Plymouth Colony were the various tribes of the Wampanoag people, who had lived there for some 10, 000 years before the Europeans arrived. Soon after the Pilgrims built their settlement, they came into contact with Tisquantum, or Squanto, an English-speaking Native American.

Detailed explanation-4: -With Squanto acting as interpreter, Chief Massasoit and the pilgrims were able to negotiate an alliance, promising to help each other if they were attacked by enemy tribes. Massasoit released Squanto who moved to the Plymouth Colony to strengthen the alliance.

Detailed explanation-5: -Squanto was young and curious, so he volunteered to go with Captain Weymouth to England. In England, Weymouth took Squanto to the man who had paid for his trip. The man liked Squanto and took care of him. But after nine years, Squanto was homesick and ready to go home.