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'''Tisquantum''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ɪ|s|ˈ|k|w|ɒ|n|t|əm}}; {{circa}} 1585 (±10 years?) – November 30, 1622 [[Old Style|O.S.]]), more commonly known as '''Squanto''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|k|w|ɒ|n|t|oʊ}}), was a member of the [[
Tisquantum was kidnapped by English explorer and slaver Captain Thomas Hunt, who trafficked him to [[Spain]], where he sold him in the city of [[Málaga]]. He was among several captives traditionally claimed to have been ransomed<ref>{{cite book |author1=Nies, Judith |title=Native American history: a chronology of the vast achievements of a culture and their links to world events |date=1996 |publisher=Ballantine Books |location=New York |isbn=0345393503 |page=122 |url=https://archive.org/details/nativeamericanhi0000nies/page/122/mode/2up?q=squanto |access-date=25 November 2022 |quote=Ransomed by monks, he worked in a monastery}}</ref> by local Franciscan monks who focused on their education and evangelization. Tisquantum is said to have been baptized a Catholic, although no known primary sources support this claim. He eventually travelled to England and from there returned to his native village in America in 1619, only to find that an epidemic infection had wiped out his tribe; Tisquantum was the last of the Patuxet and went to live with the [[Wampanoag]]s.
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