Patuxet

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The Patuxet were a Native American band of the Wampanoag confederation. They lived primarily in and around modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, and were among the first Native Americans encountered by European settlers in the region in the early 17th century. Most of the population subsequently died of epidemic infectious diseases. The last of the Patuxet – an individual named Tisquantum (a.k.a. "Squanto"), played an important role in the survival of the Pilgrim colony at Plymouth – died in 1622.

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