During their journeys, both experienced a name change: The Separatists became Pilgrims and Tisquantum became Squanto.

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Of the Indians who met the English, I of course knew Pocahontas, Squanto, and ...

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The Pilgrims paid back the pilfered corn, and they also secured an invaluable interpreter, Squanto.

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The two universes finally converged and cause-and-effect met humanity as Samoset brought Squanto to the Pilgrims.

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And as the Pilgrims prepared for their first Atlantic crossing, Squanto made his last.

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Squanto spent the rest of 1621 befriending the Pilgrims and teaching them how to survive in the New World.

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Arriving at his birthplace in 1619, Squanto found that his entire village and family had been wiped out by an epidemic.

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Those that did survive moved onshore and a Native American from the Pawtuxet tribe named Squanto, (who actually spoke English) taught the Pilgrims the farming and harvesting skills they needed to survive.

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