SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FIRST THANKSGIVING HISTORY FACTS FOODS
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Fact
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Myth
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Detailed explanation-1: -North American Native Americans first grew corn over 2000 years ago. Native Americans ate it and also used it to brew beer before Europeans arrived in the New World. When Columbus landed in the West Indies in the late 1400s, the people living there gave him corn, which he took back and introduced to Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Squanto was a Native-American from the Patuxet tribe who taught the pilgrims of Plymouth colony how to survive in New England. Squanto was able to communicate with the pilgrims because he spoke fluent English, unlike most of his fellow Native-Americans at the time.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tisquantum Spoke English After Being Kidnapped to Europe Illustration depicting Native American Squanto (a.k.a. Tisquantum), of the Patuxet tribe, serving as guide and interpreter for the Pilgrims at the Plymouth Colony, circa 1621.
Detailed explanation-4: -Squanto, who probably knew more English than any other Indian in North America at that time, decided to stay with the Pilgrims for the next few months and teach them how to survive in this new place. He brought them deer meat and beaver skins.