Squanto [memorial] b. 1590 d. November, 1622 Folk Figure. Born to the Patuxet people of the Wampanoag Confederation, he was called Tisquantum. Little is know about him until 1605 when George Weymouth sailed to what is present day New England on a survey expedition. The Europeans coaxed or kidnapped five Patuxet aboard their vessel in order to display them in England. Once there Tisquantum lived with Sir Ferdinando Gorges of Plymouth, a New World speculator. In 1614, he returned to America as interpreter for Sir Ferdinando's men as they...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Chief Squanto Memorial Marker, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
b. 1590 d. November, 1622