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          Squanto

          Native American contact of the Pilgrims

          For the 1994 film, see Squanto: A Warrior's Tale.

          Tisquantum (; c.

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          5. 1585 (±10 years?) – November 30, 1622 O.S.), more commonly known as Squanto (), was a member of the Patuxet tribe of Wampanoags, best known for being an early liaison between the Native American population in Southern New England and the MayflowerPilgrims who made their settlement at the site of Tisquantum's former summer village, now Plymouth, Massachusetts.

          The Patuxet tribe had lived on the western coast of Cape Cod Bay, but were wiped out by an epidemic, traditionally assumed to be smallpox brought by previous European explorers; however, recent findings suggest that the disease was Leptospirosis,[1] a bacterial infection transmitted to humans typically via "dirty water" or soil contaminated with the waste product of infected, often domestic animals.

          Tisquantum was kidnapped by English explorer and slaver Captain Thomas Hunt, who trafficked hi