SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FIRST THANKSGIVING HISTORY FACTS FOODS
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his brother
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the Pilgrims
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Captain John Smith
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other Indians
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Detailed explanation-1: -Squanto was born into the Pawtuxet people who occupied lands in present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Little is known about his early life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Though there are varying versions of Squanto’s story, historians seem to agree that prior to the pilgrims’ settling in 1620, Squanto was captured by English explorers in 1614 and sold into slavery in Europe. He spent a number of years in England where he learned English.
Detailed explanation-3: -Without Squanto, a.k.a. Tisquantum, to interpret and guide them to food sources, the Plymouth Colony Pilgrims may have never have survived. Without Squanto, a.k.a. Tisquantum, to interpret and guide them to food sources, the Plymouth Colony Pilgrims may have never have survived.
Detailed explanation-4: -Getting Back Home His village was deserted and his tribe gone. He soon discovered that the disease smallpox had killed most of his tribe the year before. Squanto went to live with a different Wampanoag tribe.