Squanto

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Patuxet person cultural mediator guide interpreter

Squanto was a Patuxet Native American interpreter and guide who famously helped the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony survive by teaching them local agriculture and acting as a mediator with Indigenous tribes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Tisquantum (Squanto) 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Patuxet person ⓘ
cultural mediator ⓘ
guide ⓘ
interpreter ⓘ
activeIn early 17th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tisquantum ⓘ
appearsIn accounts of Plymouth Colony ⓘ
associatedWith Pilgrims ⓘ
surface form: Mayflower settlers

Pilgrims ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
Wampanoag people ⓘ
surface form: Wampanoag Confederacy
birthPlace Patuxet ⓘ
surface form: Patuxet village

region near present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts ⓘ
capturedBy English explorers ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country area of present-day United States ⓘ
deathDate 1622 ⓘ
deathPlace Cape Cod ⓘ
surface form: Cape Cod region

near Chatham, Massachusetts ⓘ
ethnicity Patuxet ⓘ
Wampanoag people ⓘ
surface form: Wampanoag
gender male ⓘ
helped Pilgrims survive their first years in New England ⓘ
historicalRegion New England ⓘ
knownFor acting as mediator between Pilgrims and Indigenous tribes ⓘ
assisting the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony ⓘ
teaching English colonists local agriculture ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Patuxet dialect ⓘ
Wampanoag language ⓘ
mediatedBetween Pilgrims ⓘ
surface form: Pilgrims and Wampanoag

Pilgrims and other Indigenous groups in New England ⓘ
memberOf Wampanoag people ⓘ
surface form: Patuxet tribe
occupation diplomatic intermediary ⓘ
guide ⓘ
interpreter ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
returnedTo New England ⓘ
roleIn early relations between Plymouth Colony and Wampanoag ⓘ
survived epidemics that devastated the Patuxet ⓘ
takenTo Europe ⓘ
taught corn cultivation techniques to Pilgrims ⓘ
local hunting and fishing practices to Pilgrims ⓘ
use of fish as fertilizer to Pilgrims ⓘ
visited England ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
workedWith Massasoit ⓘ
William Bradford ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pilgrims → assistedBy → Squanto ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tisquantum (Squanto)
Patuxet → associatedWith → Squanto ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tisquantum (Squanto)
this entity surface form: Tisquantum (Squanto)
Massasoit → metWith → Squanto ⓘ