Squanto

Timeline

1. c. 1580–1614Patuxet (near present-day Plymouth) · Massachusetts BayGrew up in a Patuxet village on the coast of present-day Massachusetts Bay, learning local fishing, hunting, agriculture and tribal customs, and first encountering European fishermen and traders along the coast.
2. 1614–1619London · EnglandIn 1614 he was lured and captured by English captain Thomas Hunt and sold to Spain, later making his way to London, where he served the merchant John Slany and learned English, becoming an important linguistic bridge to the Pilgrims later on.
3. 1620–1622Plymouth · Massachusetts BayAfter the Mayflower arrived in 1620, he communicated with the Pilgrims in English, taught maize and bean cultivation, fishing grounds and local produce, and arranged a meeting with Massasoit, helping the colony through its first harsh winter. He died in 1622, apparently of illness or poisoning.