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The Wampanoag

Beginning with two True/False statements, each chapter also presents a question which will be answered within the book.  The Wampanoag, who settled in what is now Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts, are among the earliest to live in North America.  Wampanoag sachem, or chief, Massasoit was leader when pilgrims arrived in the fall of 1620.   Another known Wampanoag, Squanto, had been captured in 1614, taken to Spain, worked for a shipbuilder in London where he learned English, and then returned to America in 1619.   Squanto, helped the pilgrims survive their first winter.   Although the book’s focus is on the Wampanoag people, the information presented is disjointed and confusing.  One illustration and caption of Pequots is never explained in the text.  Today, modern Wampanoag people value their history and are working to preserve their native language and traditions.