As importantly, he helped to broker an alliance between Plymouth colony and the Wampanoag tribal confederation, which would endure for more than 50 years.
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He showed the pilgrims how to sow and fertilize corn, the harvest of which led to the first celebration of Thanksgiving in the fall of 1621. Squanto acted as a translator, guide, and advisor to the colonists. As the spring thaw began, the colonists moved ashore from the Mayflower and were met by an English-speaking native who introduced them to Squanto, a member of the Patuxet tribe who had been kidnapped by an English sea captain and had subsequently made his way back to North America. Relations with the native inhabitants of the New World saved the pilgrims from starvation they also proved a threat to the colony’s existence. The Puritan dissenters had hired Standish as their military advisor before sailing to North America he would remain loyal to Plymouth colony and in command of its militia for the remainder of his life. In the midst of a cold New England winter, one of the first actions the remaining colonists took was to form a militia under the command of Myles Standish, an English military officer and veteran of the wars against the Spanish in the Netherlands. Native Americans lurked nearby, their intentions uncertain. Disease wiped out half of the 100 or so colonists within three months of arrival. When the pilgrims established their colony at Plymouth Bay in December 1620, the odds were stacked against them. As Americans celebrate their unique holiday of Thanksgiving this week, they might pause for a moment and reflect on the pilgrims who emigrated from Europe to the New World in search of opportunity and religious freedom.
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