he lived in england with a merchant named john sweeney. he lived there for five years. he gained some kind of status. he learned a lot about english culture. he knew how to speak english fluently over those five years. but what happened to squanto, there was a wealthy man over there who was funding a lot of these trips, asking who is from this area that was called plimoth patuxet. they said squanto is. where is he? he is up in newfoundland. with captain nathan. sogo get him. i want to do another adventure. so he sends thomas to pick up squanto. mind you, this is 1619. almost five years. he has not seen his home since 1614. he's picked up in newfoundland in 1619 by thomas. they come down the coast, stop at mohegan island off of maine, pick up a sagamore, a chief in his own language. he knew how to speak english, knew a lot of the english captains back then , okay? by name. he dealt with a lot of traders prior. as they were going down the coast in 1619, they saw something extremely devastating. the most devastating thing that ever happened to our people, disease. there wa