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They observed the newcomers and finally one day Tisquantum send Samoset over to greet the Puritans with the word “Welcome.” Strangely enough, Tisquantum, who had survived his trips to Europe, happened to come upon these Puritans while hunting with another Native named Samoset. The Puritans survived by stealing the food stores of neighboring Native Summer Villages as well as eating corn that was still growing wild from abandoned cornfields near the ruined village. Pawtuxet had been destroyed by the Weymouth expedition. The 102 Puritans landed and built their colony called The Plymouth Plantation on the ruins of the Native village of Pawtuxet. One of the Natives taken back to Europe was named Tisquantum (called Squanto by the white man). When they left in 1614 they took 24 Natives as slaves and left smallpox, syphilis, and gonorrhea in their wake. In 1605 a British expedition led by Captain George Weymouth had landed on this particular coastline. These so called Pilgrims were not the first Europeans to the shores of the New England coast.
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They were not able to settle at the original landing. They did not establish a settlement right away as often thought and taught in schools. Thus they landed in December of 1620 on the shores of what is now Massachusetts. Beer was used more often than water on the high seas since water on a ship could not be kept drinking safe. Unfortunately, the Puritans ran out of beer and needed to make land as quickly as possible. They were headed for what was called the Virginias. The ship was charted by a religious sect known as the Puritans. In 1620 an English ship called the Mayflower set sail for the Americas.