USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tisquantum was born in 1580 and became known as Squanto, though little is known of his early life. Some believe Tisquantum was captured as a young man on the coast of what is now Maine by Captain George Weymouth in 1605.

Detailed explanation-3: -Squanto was kidnapped by the English captain Thomas Hunt in 1614 CE to be sold into slavery but either escaped or won his freedom in Spain and traveled to England where he learned English and worked as interpreter and shipbuilder.

Detailed explanation-4: -He returned to America in 1615 with Captain John Smith’s expedition to New England. Shortly there-after, Captain Thomas Hunt kidnapped and sold Squanto and about 30 other Indians into slavery in Spain. Squanto eventually escaped from slavery and made his way to England.

Detailed explanation-5: -Squanto is 1 of 24 Indians kidnapped by the English and taken to Spain for the slave market. Ransomed by monks in Spain, Squanto escapes to England, where he works for a wealthy merchant who teaches him English and arranges for Squanto’s return to his home (Nies, 1996).