Question

Who taught the English settlers in Plymouth how to hunt?

Answer 1

Hint:
- He was a member of the Patuxet tribe.
- He was best known for serving as an early intermediary between the Native Americans of Southern New England and the Mayflower pilgrims.
- He made their settlement on the former summer village of Tisquantum.

Complete answer:
Tisquantum, also known as the Squanto, was a diminutive form of Tisquantum. He belonged to the Patuxet tribe. He was best known for serving as an early coordinator between the Native Americans of Southern New England and the Mayflower pilgrims. He chose the site of Tisquantum’s former summer village as their settlement.

He was instrumental in the early March 1621 meetings, partially because he spoke English. He then spent 20 months with the pilgrims, acting as a translator, guide, and an advisor. He showed them how to plant native crops and fertilize them. Rather than the noble savage depicted in later myth, Tisquantum was a practical advisor and a diplomat.

Note:
- From 1620 to 1691, the Plymouth colony was an English colonial venture in America.
- The settlement served as the colony’s capital.
- It was established by a group of Puritan Separatists known as the Pilgrims.
- It was the English’s second successful colony to be founded in the United States.
- It was the first permanent English settlement in the New England region.