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Squanto was the Native American who greeted the Pligrims.
Squanto was the name of the local Indian who helped the people of the Plymouth Colony.
Yes, Squanto was his nickname, his real name is Tisquantum.
His name was Squanto.
Squanto's real name was believed to be Tisquantum. Both of these names supposedly meant, "rage" in the Northeast. Squanto was what the English called him.
Tisquantum (Squanto)
The name "Squanto" is believed to mean "divine rage" or "wrath of the divine" in Algonquian. Squanto was a Native American who played a key role in helping the Pilgrims survive in the early 1600s.
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Tisquantum
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squanto or Tisquantum
Squanto was a Native American that is credited with helping the Pilgrims after they spent their first winter in the New World. Squanto was a member of the Patuxet tribe and was born near Plymouth which is located today in Massachusetts. There is no information as to the mother or father of Squanto, just that he was born in 1580.