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[edit] pronouncing Tisquantum?
Maybe somethingadded by 67.166.7.92 (talk) 01:28, 17 January 2007 (UTC).
== I have this project for history and i have to find out stuff about squanto and this is a really good website. == Isn't it sad that just when you think there's a great story of an American Indian, someone has to twist it leaving his memory to be one of a bad guy?
I've never read anything bad about Squanto threatening pilgrims, but since white men were killing and kidnapping indians all the time, I would understand if he did.Lebite 21:06, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I disagree with the top comment. I see nothing in here that implies Squanto was a "bad guy." It does say his motives are difficult to ascertain and that he may have been acting out of self interest...so what? That's a far cry from "twisting" his story. My guess is Squanto was as complex as any human being--neither the saint you might want to think of him as, nor the "bad guy." Anyway, if it's true, what's the point of getting worked up?24.20.12.73 07:18, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
How in the Hell do we have a PHOTOGRAPH of Squanto, if he died in 1622? This page has a lot of issues, let alone the lack of citations.Mikeythetiger 17:57, 23 November 2005 (UTC)Michael
That's a "likeness"--perhaps a bust.24.20.12.73 07:18, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
BYU has a statue of Massasoit, I am changing it.- tito2000 6 September (UTC)
Early in his life he was captured and sold as a slave in Spain but eventually escaped and went to England. source http://www.nativeamericans.com/Squanto.htm I have read similar reports on other Native american websites that Squanto was sold into slavery in Spain, escaped to England, where he worked as an "indentured servant."
More sources are definitely needed Check out http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/squanto.htm
[edit] Squanto in 1621
Didn't Squanto say in 1621 when he met Pilgrims (who had met him with firearms) first say to them in perfect English: "Welcome!" and then "Have you got any beer?" (To which the Pilgrims responded that they didn't have any beer, but they did have some brandy...)
I mean, it sounds like an urban legend, but I heard it on a historical radio thingy on Thanksgiving.
(Edit... Nevermind, that was Samoset) Robotbeat 21:31, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Huh?
The spelling of the name as Squanto came into widespread use in children's textbooks during the 1870s, possibly as a mnemonic aid. What's the mnemoic "Squanto" supposed to aid? Taco325i 13:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
The idea that the Indians taught the pilgrims the use of fertilizers, (which had been well known in Europe for thousands of years) seems absurd.
Hi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.77.190 (talk) 03:10, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Combined two versions into one
I have been working to add section headings to articles in wikipedia where none exist and making other changes that may be needed once I see the article. I have worked on articles on many topics since this is usually a simple thing to do.
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I have no independent knowledge of this subject. I chose to combine the two versions into a single article instead of having him live and die twice in the same article; I moved content so that statements about a given part of his life were grouped together instead, before the article goes to the next part of his life. The one judgment I made was to use only the more detailed account of his kidnappings (captures), since citations were provided.
Further work is needed to clean up this article and I have also added several notes where citations are needed, but I thought I could help by making it into one article instead of two different articles put together.
--EFerington 01:27, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] him
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squanto sucks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.102.80.184 (talk) 20:42, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
