Samoset

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Samoset was a Wabanaki sagamore known as the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, famously greeting them in English.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American
person
sagamore
associatedWith Massasoit
Wampanoag people
country United States of America
surface form: present-day United States
ethnicity Wabanaki peoples
surface form: Wabanaki
gender male
greetedWithWords Welcome, Englishmen
historicalSignificance early mediator in relations between Native Americans and English settlers in New England
introduced Massasoit
knownFor being the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony
greeting the Pilgrims in English
languageSpoken Abenaki
English
learnedEnglishFrom English fishermen
memberOf Abenaki
surface form: Abenaki people
metWith English colonists at Plymouth
Pilgrims
notableEvent first contact with Pilgrims in March 1621
placeOfActivity Maine
Plymouth Colony
region coastal Maine
religion Native American traditional religion
role diplomatic intermediary between Native Americans and Pilgrims
timePeriod early 17th century

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Massasoit metWith Samoset