The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . 40 HISTORY OF THE UXITED STATES. cquaint-ith the. Myles iand the Plymoutwith Ma nitedchu- had been weakened by disease, they leveled all thegraves, and planted Indian corn over the place in whichthe dead were buried. One day, after the winter was over, an Indian walkedinto the village and said in English, Welcome, English-men. He was a chief named Samoset, who hadlearned a little English from the fishermen on thecoast of Maine. Samoset afterward brought withhim an Indian named Squanto, whohad been carried away to
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . 40 HISTORY OF THE UXITED STATES. cquaint-ith the. Myles iand the Plymoutwith Ma nitedchu- had been weakened by disease, they leveled all thegraves, and planted Indian corn over the place in whichthe dead were buried. One day, after the winter was over, an Indian walkedinto the village and said in English, Welcome, English-men. He was a chief named Samoset, who hadlearned a little English from the fishermen on thecoast of Maine. Samoset afterward brought withhim an Indian named Squanto, whohad been carried away to England bya cruel captain many years before, andthen brought back. Squanto remainedwith the Pilgrims, and taught them how toplant their corn as the Indians did, by puttingcme or two fish into ever}^ hill for taught them many other things, and acted astheir interpreter in their trading with the Indians. Hetold the Indians that the} must keep peace with thewhite men, who had the pestilence stored in their cellaralong with the gunpowder! The neighboring chief,Massasoit, was also a good friend to the Pilgrims aslong as
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