SQUANTO

Squanto used to be a Patuxet Indian. When he was young he had an encounter with some English men from a trading ship. He decided to go back to England with the men, and was actually part of an Indian Exhibit on a stage. After a while, he got homesick and wanted to go back to America. The man he was staying with got in contact with John Smith who was sailing over to America, so he would take Squanto with him. Almost home, Squanto was tricked into going on another ship and was captured and turned into a slave. Eventually he got out of slavery and made his way home once again. When he got back to where his tribe once was, everyone was gone and he found out that everyone had died of a "great sickness". He then joined a nearby tribe called the Wampanoag Indians. After a while, the tribe heard about an English group settling nearby, so they went to go negotiate rules with them. Squanto decided to stay with the English men. He then helped them grow more crops for food and when they should plant more crops. He also helped them build warm houses to live in. Overall Squanto had a very eventful life. But he also made a great contribution towards the Mayflower Men, and they probably would have either died or had a very rough life if Squanto hadn't helped them.


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