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Tisquantum

Type Figure Region Wampanoag Time c. 1580–1622 Also known as Tisquantum、Squanto、斯匡托、Squanto the Patuxet

A Patuxet of the Wampanoag Confederacy, born c. 1580s, died 1622; kidnapped by Europeans and traveled Europe, upon return served as interpreter and f…

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  1. 1614–1619Europe (place of exile) · LondonIn 1614 he was kidnapped by an English captain and sold to Europe, passing through Spain and London, where he learned English; returning to New England with an expedition ship in 1619, he found his homeland Patuxet nearly emptied by epidemic.
  2. 1621–1622Patuxet/Plymouth · PatuxetIn 1621 he served as interpreter between the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag sachem Massasoit, teaching methods of growing corn, fishing, and fertilizing, and facilitating a peace treaty between the two sides, until his death in 1622.

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