Squanto

I didn't know alot about the indian named Squanto before this blog. All I had known was that he arrived at the English settlement where William Bradford had landed, and  could speak very good english. How is this possible? An indian able to speak almost flawless english when they didn't know of any prior settlements in the area?
Squanto had actually been to England before the settlers came. He went there with John Wheymouth, an explorer. Over the years he was brought back to his home, taken as slave by the Spanish, and somehow brought back. His entire village was killed from disease left behind by the slavetraders from the time he was taken.
Squanto was key in the fact that he could help the pilgrims communicate with the surrounding indian people. He helped the pilgrims when they were starving and in bad conditions. Squanto taught them how to use thier resources for food, cultivate land, and build indian styled wigwams. This relationship helped make "the first Thanksgiving" what it was. I think that without Squanto's help, that colony would be just another failed attempt.