Squanto biography timeline infographic

Squanto was a Native-American who helped the Mayflower pilgrims survive their first year at Plymouth Colony. Squanto was a member of the Patuxet tribe and was born in a village in modern-day Plymouth, Mass.

The following is a timeline of Squanto’s life:

1580-1600:

• Squanto’s exact date of birth is unknown but it is estimated that he was born sometime between 1580 and 1600 in the village of Patuxet in Plymouth, Mass.

1614:

• In April, Squanto and 26 other Native-Americans are captured in Plymouth, Mass by Captain Thomas Hunt, a lieutenant for Captain John Smith, and taken to Malga, Spain to be sold as a slave.

• Squanto travels to England with Captain John Slaney, treasurer of the Newfoundland Company, whom he is employed by for a number of years.

1616:

• Slaney sends Squanto to work in an English colony at Cuper’s Cove in Newfoundland.

• A deadly epidemic breaks out in the Native-American villages of coastal New England.

  Squanto is spared because he is ove