SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FIRST THANKSGIVING HISTORY FACTS FOODS
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He became rich
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He became a farmer.
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He got married.
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He was sold as a slave.
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a result of what many considered an act of treason, Squanto was shunned by the Wampanoag. In 1622, Squanto would fall ill with fever and die a few days later. “As far as the myth goes, he was the good guy because he could speak English, ” said Coombs.
Detailed explanation-2: -What happened to Squanto? He is thought to have died in Plymouth Colony in November 1622 after contracting what William Bradford described as “Indian fever”.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some authorities believe that he was taken from home to England in 1605 by George Weymouth and returned with explorer John Smith in 1614–15. He was, in any event, seized with other Indians by one of Smith’s men, Thomas Hunt, who took them to the Mediterranean port of Málaga, Spain, to be sold into slavery.
Detailed explanation-5: -He returned to North America as interpreter on a trade mission and traveled with one Thomas Dermer back to his home village near present-day Cape Cod only to find his tribe had been wiped out by disease (probably smallpox) brought by European traders.