Samoset
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thumb|upright=1.1|The cover of the 1853 book, Interview of Samoset with the Pilgrims, depicting Samoset meeting the Pilgrim|Pilgrims Samoset (also Somerset, – ) was an Abenaki sagamore and the first American Indian to make contact with the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in New England. He startled the colonists on March 16, 1621, by walking into Plymouth Colony and greeting them in English, saying "Welcome, Englishmen."
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Top works
- Samoset Chocolates
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- traditional leader or chief
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- date of birth
- 1590-01-01
- date of death
- 1653-01-01
- Commons category
- Samoset
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