Squanto — The Tragedy Behind the First Thanksgiving

Описание: Squanto (Tisquantum) is often remembered as the friendly Native guide who helped the Pilgrims survive — but the real story behind the First Thanksgiving is far more tragic, haunting, and powerful than most people ever learn.

This video explores Squanto’s life before 1621, revealing how he was kidnapped, enslaved, taken across the ocean, returned home years later — and found his entire village dead.
It’s not a simple Thanksgiving legend.
It’s a story of survival, loss, resilience, and a man standing between two worlds that no longer fully belonged to him.

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🔥 What You’ll Learn in This Video

• Squanto’s kidnapping and enslavement in Europe
• How he learned English and made his way back across the Atlantic
• The epidemic that erased his entire Patuxet homeland
• Why he became the essential link between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims
• The deeper tragedy behind the First Thanksgiving

This isn’t the version from elementary school.
This is the real man behind the myth.

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📌 Quick Search-Friendly Facts

• Name: Tisquantum (Squanto)
• Tribe: Patuxet, part of the Wampanoag Confederacy
• Key Role: Translator, mediator, agricultural teacher
• Era: 1614–1622
• Legacy: Survival through the destruction of his people

Squanto wasn’t a side character — he was the hinge of survival that kept Plymouth from collapsing.

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