biography
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| lived:
| (?1580–1622)
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| biography:
| Pawtuxet interpreter, born on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. He is thought to have been the same as the Indian named Tisquantum, who was first captured along the Maine coast and taken to England; he evidently lived there until 1614, when Captain John Smith took him back to Cape Cod. In 1615 he was captured by another English sea captain and sold into slavery in Spain, but he escaped and made his way to England. After a brief visit to Newfoundland, he was taken by another English sea captain to serve as a guide along the New England coast, but he escaped and made his way to his Pawtuxet homeland, and finding his people wiped out by smallpox, he went to live with the neighbouring Wampanoags. In 1621 he was introduced to the Pilgrims at Plymouth and served as interpreter in their treaty with Massasoit. He also showed them how to plant corn, where to fish, and generally helped them survive in an unknown environment. He died from a fever while guiding Governor Bradford's expedition around Cape Cod. |
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