correctionA previous version of this story mistakenly referred to the Pilgrims as Puritans. Most Americans have heard the somewhat true story of Tisquantum, popularly known as Squanto, and how he ...

In 1614, a Patuxet lad named Tisquantum was kidnapped by English explorer Thomas Hunt. The Patuxet lived in what would later be called coastal Massachusetts, one of many bands spread out over scores ...

As the 17th century dawned, cause-and-effect was merging parallel universes. In the Old World, a decision by a group of Leiden Separatists put them on a circuitous journey. Meanwhile, in the New World ...

Squanto, in exemplifying forgiveness and charity, helped bring to the New World, and to the Pilgrims, the virtue of love at the heart of Christianity. St. Paul reminds us, ‘In all circumstances give ...

The American Thanksgiving story many may be familiar with goes something like this: the English Pilgrims settle in the New World, meet a "friendly" Indigenous guide named Squanto who teaches them to ...

Tisquantum, more commonly known as Squanto, c.1585 to late November 1622, was a member of the Patuxet tribe, a Native American band of the Wampanoag tribal confederation. They lived primarily in and ...

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Our account of the Separatists (Pilgrims) last week left them cold, hungry, half-starved, sick (47 dead) and fighting discouragement when in March 1621 Samoset greeted them from the forest edge: “Much ...

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Squanto is one of the most famous Native Americans. Pictured: A turkey made of silver at Thanksgiving in 2007. Getty Images Squanto -- guide, interpreter and teacher -- is one of the most famous ...

In the Spring of 1621, after the first harsh winter, where four out of 10 people on the Mayflower had died, the men were building the shelters and Common House of their settlement. A lone native ...