# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samoset
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:35:35.767Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samoset"
name: "Samoset"
slug: "samoset"
description: "Samoset was an Abenaki sagamore and the first American Indian to make contact with the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in New England. He startled the colonists on March 16, 1621, by walking into Plymouth Colony and greeting them in English, saying \"Welcome, Englishmen.\""
tagline: "First Native American to make contact with the Plymouth settlers"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Interview_of_Samoset_with_the_Pilgrims.jpg/330px-Interview_of_Samoset_with_the_Pilgrims.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1590"
deathDate: "1653"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.869588
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoset"
    title: "Samoset"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoset"
    title: "Samoset"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoset"
    title: "Samoset"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoset"
    title: "Samoset"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoset"
    title: "Samoset"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoset"
    title: "Samoset"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EB%AA%A8%EC%85%8B"
    title: "사모셋"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoset"
    title: "Samoset"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q796748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump