Patuxet Tribe

(Since Patuxet Tribe was essentially Wampanoag, this page should probably be altered to something else. Not sure yet. Need some reorganization)
There isn't a lot of information availbale for the Patuxet Tribe, since they became extinct shortly after contact with European settlers, but they were instrumental to the foundation of America and the survival of the most famous Settlers, the Pilgrims.
==Contact with Europeans==
Not much is known of the history of the Patuxet before their contact with the Pilgrims. After the contact, however, there was a mass spread of disease that killed off the entire tribe, and left only one soul behind.
==Squanto==
Squanto was the fundamental reason that the Pilgrims that landed at Plymouth were able to survive their first winter, as well as every subsequent winter thereafter. In 1614, 15 years before the Pilgrims, Squanto was kidnapped and taken to England where he was sold as a slave and learned English. In 1619 Squanto returned to his tribe but found that they had been completely erradicated by disease and war with nearby tribes. He approached the pilgrims and taught them how to grow corn, fish, and survive the land. He also tried to teach them to bathe, since he thought the Europeans smelled terrible, but this was the one lesson they couldn't learn. So he lived with the pilgrims as his tribe was gone. He later became a guide and was kidnapped by a tribe in the Wampanoag region. The settlers formed a small band to rescue him, or avenge him if he were dead.
Despite all the help that Squanto gave the settlers they still didn't trust him in their dealings with other tribes, so another man was sent t olook after him and make sure that he didn't cheat them. Then in 1622, Squanto died of a mysterious disease, possibly poisoned by the Wampanoag. His death, however, brought peace between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag.
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