Tisquantum

[ti-skwon-tuhm]

noun

1. Squanto.

Example Sentences

It was badly decimated by European diseases by the time the Mayflower arrived, but one of its survivors, Tisquantum, commonly known as Squanto, famously helped the English colonists survive their first winter.

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Tisquantum had surely developed strong survival instincts over the past seven years, and that continued after the arrival of European colonists.

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When Ousamequin left, Tisquantum stayed behind.

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A few days into the trip, Tisquantum suddenly fell ill and began bleeding from his nose, a condition Bradford termed “Indian fever.”

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How was it that Tisquantum had survived years of contact with European diseases, yet was suddenly felled while visiting an Indigenous village?

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