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Squanto The Paxuet Tribe

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Squanto, also known as Tisquantum, a Native American of the Paxuet tribe. Squanto acted as an interpreter and guide to the pilgrim settlers during their first winter in the new world. Torn from his world and into another. Squanto became an English speaking native, Squanto became very fluent in English speaking when he returned from across the ocean “New England”. Other tribes surrounding the area helped the light skin people (Pilgrims) to grow their own food and survive the cold winters. But the Indians also wanted something in return, the white man had powerful weapons. The pilgrims and called it Plymouth. By then the settlement was taking shape in 1612 of April, then the Mayflower returned back to England. The Mayflower was a ship that

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