Tisquantum
Americannoun
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Samoset, Tisquantum, and other friendly Native Americans helped the English negotiate treaties with nearby tribes and taught them to grow corn, which became the colony’s main food source.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
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.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2022
By November 1622, when Tisquantum went with Bradford on a trading mission to a nearby Wampanoag village, both sides had begun to view him with suspicion.
From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2021
Also, Tisquantum, or Squanto, had recently rejoined his tribe after being forced to spend several years in England.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2020
Tisquantum worked to prove his value to the Pilgrims.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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