USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -First, the colonists learned how to squish the eels out of the mud with their bare feet and catch them with their hands. Squanto also knew when the fish would run up the rivers, so the Pilgrims soon had a full harvest of fish.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the most notable pieces of knowledge passed from Wampanoag to the Pilgrims (besides how to hunt and fish), was exactly which crops would thrive the Massachusetts soil. “They taught the Pilgrims how to grow different plant groups together so that they might cooperate, ” she said.

Detailed explanation-3: -And yet the first words they heard from a Native’s mouth were. ‘May I have a beer, please? ‘ in perfectly intoned and inflected English and accompanied by a girthy smile. His name was Samoset and he had learned his English from his pal, Squanto of the Patuxet tribe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Samoset (also Somerset, c. 1590 – c. 1653) was an Abenaki sagamore and the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony. He startled the colonists on March 16, 1621, by walking into Plymouth Colony and greeting them in English, saying “Welcome, Englishmen."

Detailed explanation-5: -Historians agree that the very first Thanksgiving dinners had not only the ubiquitous turkey, but other fowl, venison, and yes, eel. The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) was actually pretty significant to the early colonists, particularly during winter.