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'''Tisquantum''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ɪ|s|ˈ|k|w|ɒ|n|t|əm}}; {{circa}} 1585 (±10 years?) – November 30, 1622 [[Old Style|O.S.]]), more commonly known as '''Squanto''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|k|w|ɒ|n|t|oʊ}}), was a member of the [[Wampanoag]] [[Patuxet tribe]] best known for being an early liaison between the Native American population in Southern [[New England]] and the ''[[Mayflower]]'' [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] who made their settlement at the site of Tisquantum's former summer village, now [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]]. The Patuxet tribe had lived on the western coast of [[Cape Cod Bay]], but an epidemic infection wiped them out, likely [[Massachusetts smallpox epidemic|brought by previous European explorers]].
Tisquantum was kidnapped by English explorer and slaver Captain Thomas Hunt, who trafficked him to [[Spain]], where he sold him in the city of [[Málaga]]. He was among several captives traditionally claimed to have been ransomed<ref>{{cite book |author1=Nies, Judith |title=Native American history: a chronology of the vast achievements of a culture and their links to world events |date=1996 |publisher=Ballantine Books |location=New York |isbn=0345393503 |page=122 |url=https://archive.org/details/nativeamericanhi0000nies/page/122/mode/2up?q=squanto |access-date=25 November 2022 |quote=Ransomed by monks, he worked in a monastery}}</ref> by local Franciscan monks who focused on their education and evangelization. Tisquantum is said to have been baptized a Catholic, although no known primary sources support this claim. He eventually travelled to England and from there returned to his native village in America in 1619
The ''Mayflower'' landed in Cape Cod Bay in 1620, and Tisquantum worked to broker peaceable relations between the Pilgrims and the local [[Pokanoket]]s. He played a crucial role in the early meetings in March 1621, partly because he spoke English. He then lived with the Pilgrims for 20 months as an interpreter, guide, and advisor. He introduced the settlers to the fur trade and taught them how to sow and fertilize native crops; this proved vital because the seeds the Pilgrims had brought from England mostly failed. As food shortages worsened, [[Plymouth Colony]] Governor [[William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor)|William Bradford]] relied on Tisquantum to pilot a ship of settlers on a trading expedition around Cape Cod and through dangerous shoals. During that voyage, Tisquantum contracted what Bradford called an "Indian fever". Bradford stayed with him for several days until he died, which Bradford described as a "great loss".
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