The Peculiar Truth about Squanto & the Pilgrims
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3 min readNov 22, 2022
- 1605: A native man of the Patuxet tribe was kidnapped by British explorers. His name was Tisquantum, but in popular legend he’s known as Squanto.
- His abductors took him to England where he learned the language and studied Christianity.
- 1614: Another British explorer took Squanto back to the New World as an interpreter.
