SQUANTO


Meaning of SQUANTO in English

died November 1622, Chatham Harbor, Plymouth Colony

Pawtuxet Indian interpreter and guide.

Squanto learned English after escaping an attempt to sell him into slavery and joining the Newfoundland Company. In Plymouth colony he was made Gov. Edward Winslow , the Pilgrim representative, during his negotiations with {{link=Massasoit">Massasoit , chief of the Wampanoag.

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