A few were sold into slavery until the local Roman Catholic priests found out and seized those not sold The Church was officially opposed to the – mistreatment of Indians. Pope Paul III proclaimed in 1537 that “Indians themselves indeed are true men” and should not be of their “deprived liberty” and to our service like brute animals.” “reduced Squanto later convinced the Spanish priests to allow him to try to find his way home Squanto gets to London and stays with a wealthy shipbuilder where he is a rich guy’s show-and-tell exhibit Squanto is taught English and convinces the shipbuilder to allow him to return to North America on a fishing vessel Eventually, Squanto arrives back home in 1619 and that almost everyone has died likely Hepatitis A so fast that skeletons are visible all over – – indicating that many of the dead were not buried or cremated Squanto’s entire tribe died Squanto ends up back in briefly before deciding to walk hundreds of miles back home to look for any survivors He is then captured by the Wampanoag and held as a prisoner because he was associated with the hated English Pilgrims Religious fanatics who left Europe to freely practice their severe form of Calvinism Pilgrims arrive and find the area deserted, with unburied skeletons everywhere. One hill is named Golgotha. Governor Bradford attributed the death of the Indians to good hand of “the God,” which our beginnings” by away great multitudes of “favored “sweeping the natives that he might make room for us.” Over 90% of the Indians along the New England coast had died. Pilgrims land in December and barely survive the winter with the weakened Wampanoag looking on from a distance. After the Pilgrims survive the winter, negotiations start and by amazing coincidence, the Pilgrims are talking to a tribe that has a captive who speaks fluently in both languages. Squanto serves as translator between the Wampanoag tribe and the Pilgrims when alliance is negotiated.
A few were sold into slavery until the local Roman Catholic priests found out and seized those not sold – The Church was officially opposed to the mistreatment of Indians. Pope Paul III proclaimed in 1537 that “Indians themselves indeed are true men” and should not be “deprived of their liberty” and “reduced to our service like brute animals.” Squanto later convinced the Spanish priests to allow him to try to find his way home Squanto gets to London and stays with a wealthy shipbuilder where he is a rich guy’s show-and-tell exhibit Squanto is taught English and convinces the shipbuilder to allow him to return to North America on a fishing vessel Eventually, Squanto arrives back home in 1619 and that almost everyone has died – likely Hepatitis A – so fast that skeletons are visible all over indicating that many of the dead were not buried or cremated Squanto’s entire tribe died Squanto ends up back in briefly before deciding to walk hundreds of miles back home to look for any survivors He is then captured by the Wampanoag and held as a prisoner because he was associated with the hated English Pilgrims Religious fanatics who left Europe to freely practice their severe form of Calvinism Pilgrims arrive and find the area deserted, with unburied skeletons everywhere. One hill is named Golgotha. Governor Bradford attributed the death of the Indians to “the good hand of God,” which “favored our beginnings” by “sweeping away great multitudes of the natives that he might make room for us.” Over 90% of the Indians along the New England coast had died. Pilgrims land in December and barely survive the winter with the weakened Wampanoag looking on from a distance. After the Pilgrims survive the winter, negotiations start and by amazing coincidence, the Pilgrims are talking to a tribe that has a captive who speaks fluently in both languages. Squanto serves as translator between the Wampanoag tribe and the Pilgrims when alliance is negotiated.
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