on march 16, the settlers had their first meeting with the native americans who lived in the region. samoset, an indian walked into the village of plymouth and greeted them in english. samoset had learned some english from the traders who had visited the area he was from. this soon led to a visit by massasoit, the leader of the pokanoket tribe. at that meeting, massassoit made a treaty with governor john carver. the treaty said that they would be friends and protect each other against unfriendly indians.