Samoset and Squanto P2

More on our trip through History, the Superintending Providence of God, Samoset and Squanto.
Last week we talked about half the Pilgrims dying that first winter yet given the opportunity to return to England they all stayed for they had come neither for personal convenience nor monetary reward. They came for religious and civil liberty and to become what they called “steppingstones” for others to follow after them and do the same, but perhaps with fewer hardships and greater success.
That spring, they had their first encounter with the natives. In Europe, they had heard dreadful tales of the savagery and barbaric behavior of the natives, so they were understandably fearful. But despite their concerns. That first contact passed without incident.
Not long afterward, a solitary wandering Indian named Samoset came among them, and to their astonishment spoke to them in broken English. He explained that he had learned the language from English explorers and fishermen who occasionally visited the coast.
CONTENT SOURCED "The American Story, the beginnings" by David Barton and Tim Barton