One of the first Indians the Pilgrims ran into spoke English.
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One of the first Indians the Pilgrims ran into spoke English.
by TheExceptionPath
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his name was Squanto. He knew English because he was kidnapped by English fishermen, sold into slavery in Spain, and eventually escaped back to Massachusetts years before the Pilgrims arrived.
Not only did he speak English, he was also Catholic from his time among the Iberians
Literally the most (possible only) qualified person on the continent to assist the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Would make such a good movie.
the so-called indians, didn’t actually get along that well with each other.
in fact their ancient hatreds made jewish/palestine thing look young… we’re talking 5000-19000 year beefs
Chacon, R. J., & Mendoza, R. G. (Eds.). (2013). North American Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Viole[nce](https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/north-american-indigenous-warfare-and-ritual-violence). University of Arizona Press. Osteological analyses across regions confirm widespread violent conflict, including mass trauma, in pre-Columbian contexts.
Actually, in Canada, the first time the French met the indigenous, they were speaking Basque. The English would also encounter a tribe of literate Christian English speakers on the island of Croatoan in the 1600s
I love using that line on Evangelicals.
“Do you know about Jee-sus”?”
“Sure, what would you like to know?”
Lard and enslaver is a better description of the religion.
Tisquantum and Pocahontas were both in london at the same time
Tisquantum actually survived it and got back to North America to tell the tale, Pocahontas didn’t unfortunately.