Although injured, he escaped and fled for Jamestown, Va. Squanto met the Pilgrims on March 22, 1621, accompanied by Massasoit and Quadequina. He negotiated peace and commercial ties with the ...

If the name Squanto doesn’t ring a bell, ask an 8-year-old. The story of the Native American who helped the Pilgrims survive their first desperate year in what is now Plymouth, Mass., ...

In 1621, lacking both the skills and the resources necessary to survive in the harsh territory of New England, European pilgrims encountered ... This was Squanto, a man who occupies a special ...

The story of Squanto, the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving is a prime example. Lipman’s book is a step toward amending that. Piecing together written accounts with informed speculation ...

The disease conveniently cleared coastal New England of Native Americans just prior to the Pilgrims’ arrival and later killed the helpful Squanto. It still lurks among us, underdiagnosed ...

In fact, Squanto, the legendary Patuxet friend of the Pilgrims, died just a couple years later while reportedly suffering from a fever and nosebleeds, two symptoms of leptospirosis. At the time he ...

So the Wampanoag, largely with the help of interpretation by Tisquantum, also known as "Squanto," taught the Pilgrims to plant beans and squash with maize around it, using fish remains as fertilizer.