Squanto
Plymouth colony's guide
Squanto was a Patuxet man who served as interpreter and guide for the Plymouth colonists in the 1620s.
Having learned English during earlier captivity in Europe, he helped the settlers survive by teaching them to cultivate corn and navigate local diplomacy.
His name has become shorthand for Indigenous assistance to early European colonists: Every Thanksgiving story mentions Squanto.
Neutral conflict resolver
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- translatorOne who renders between languages
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- allianceFormal union of parties
treaty · Massasoit · peace · liaison · go-between · communication · cultural bridge · ambassador
English port city
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
- 1620Early colonial era
colony · survival · winter · starvation · English · William Bradford · settlement · New England
Wampanoag sachem, 1620s
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- sachemIndigenous northeastern headman
- indigenousOriginating in a region
Native American · Massachusetts · New England · Narragansett · Pequot · homeland · kidnapping · enslavement
Post-summer cooling period
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- gratitudeThankfulness for kindness received
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
- PlymouthEnglish port city
tradition · November · myth · narrative · cornucopia · commemoration · legend · historical
Cob-bearing cereal crop
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- fish fertilizerPlant food from seafood remains
- squashFlatten by pressure
beans · Three Sisters · cultivation · harvest · growing season · soil · farming · seeds
mediator
Neutral conflict resolver
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- translatorOne who renders between languages
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
alliance · treaty · Massasoit · peace · liaison · go-between · communication · cultural bridge · ambassador · envoy
Plymouth
English port city
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
1620 · colony · survival · winter · starvation · English · William Bradford · settlement · New England · alliance
Massasoit
Wampanoag sachem, 1620s
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- sachemIndigenous northeastern headman
indigenous · Native American · Massachusetts · New England · Narragansett · Pequot · homeland · kidnapping · enslavement · epidemic
autumn
Post-summer cooling period
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- gratitudeThankfulness for kindness received
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
Plymouth · tradition · November · myth · narrative · cornucopia · commemoration · legend · historical
maize
Cob-bearing cereal crop
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- fish fertilizerPlant food from seafood remains
squash · beans · Three Sisters · cultivation · harvest · growing season · soil · farming · seeds · crop
- Plymouth ColonyPlymouth Colony, Pilgrims, Mayflower, Mayflower Compact, 1620
- Farming PioneersGeorge Washington Carver, John Deere, Jethro Tull, Gregor Mendel, Johnny Appleseed
- WampanoagWampanoag, Massasoit, sachem, wampum, wampum belt
- Native ChiefsPontiac, Tecumseh, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph
- Plymouth ColonistsWilliam Bradford, John Goodman
- Colonial SettlersPilgrims, Puritans, Dutch settlers, indentured servants, freemen
SquantoJohn Smith
Default fake name
conquistador · colonist · slave trader · exploiter · invader
SquantoPontiac
Defunct General Motors division
Tecumseh · Sitting Bull · Crazy Horse · resistance leader · Powhatan