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Tisquantum's tribe of the Patuxets occupied the coastal area west of Cape Cod Bay, and he told an English trader that the Patuxets once numbered 2,000. [12] They spoke a dialect of Eastern Algonquian common to tribes as far west as Narragansett Bay.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Squanto, also known as Tisquantum, was a Native American of the Patuxet tribe who acted as an interpreter and guide to the Pilgrim settlers at Plymouth during their first winter in the New World.
Nov 21, 2022 · Tisquantum was among 2 to 5.5 million Indigenous people enslaved in the Americas between 1492 and 1880, many of whom were sent to work in the Caribbean. According to Wampanoag historian Linda...
Nov 18, 2020 · Tisquantum, better known by his nickname Squanto, was a member of the Patuxet band of the Wampanoag tribe. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but historians estimate that he was born around 1580.
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Nov 24, 2020 · Squanto (l. c. 1585-1622) was the Native American of the Patuxet tribe who helped the English settlers of Plymouth Colony (later known as pilgrims) survive in their new home by teaching them how to plant crops, fish, hunt, and generally acclimate to life in the so-called New World.
Nov 8, 2020 · Tisquantum, or Squanto, was probably born around 1580 near Plymouth, Massachusetts, or “Dawnland” as the Wampanoag tribe called it. He was a member of the Patuxet tribe, one of about a dozen tribes that comprised the Wampanoag Confederacy.