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Samoset

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First Native American to make contact with the Plymouth settlers

Lived 1590 to 1653 · aged 63
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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."

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The cover of the 1853 book, Interview of Samoset with the Pilgrims, depicting Samoset meeting the PilgrimsThe cover of the 1853 book, Interview of Samoset with the Pilgrims, depicting Samoset meeting the Pilgrims

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Lived 1590 to 1653 · aged 63
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