- Squanto spoke English because he was sold to an Englishman by slave traders.
There were many English towns, but Pilgrims rejected their "immoral ways."
There were more ships that arrived somewhat regularly in Plymouth, The Mayflower was not the only one.
Some tribes were fierce and war-like.
Thomas Morton founded Merrymount trading guns and alcohol to the Natives.
The Pilgrims began stealing food from nearby Native American villages.
Squanto tried, unsuccessfully, to teach the them to farm and bathe.
The English and Spanish believed it was unhealthy and immoral to remove all clothing to bathe.
Diseases spread and killed more people per capita than the Black Plague.
Both, Natives and English, were suffering so they began sharing several large feasts - Thanksgiving
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