SAMOSET

“Samoset (also Somerset, 1590 -?1653) was an Abenaki sagamore (a chief or sub-chief) and the first Native American 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.” Samoset was a sagamore, or subordinate chief, of an Eastern Abenaki tribe that resided in Maine. An English fishing camp had been established in the Gulf of Maine, where Samoset learned some English from fishermen who came to fish off Monhegan Island, coming to know most local ship captains by name.The Abenaki language is an Algonquian language related to the Massachusett language of the Nauset and Wampanoag people of the area around Plymouth Colony and Samoset was visiting Wampanoag chief Massasoit at the time of the historic event. He entered the settlement at Plymouth on March 16, 1621, greeted the colonists in English, and asked for beer.” (Wikipedia)

Now Mrs. Hughes taught us about the Pilgrims when I was in my fifth grade history class, but did not tell us about Samoset.

It doesn’t matter when we learn something, if we learn something. Whether it is about Native Americans, Pilgrims or Jesus; we just know what we know. It’s very important to know about Jesus.

“I tell you the truth, we talk about what we know, and tell about what we have seen, but you don’t accept what we tell you.” Jesus