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'''Samoset''' (ca. 1590–1653) was the first [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] to make contact with the [[Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrims]]. On March 16, 1621, the settlers were more than surprised when Samoset strolled straight through the middle of the encampment at [[Plymouth Colony]] and greeted them in [[English language|English]], which he had begun to learn from an earlier group of Englishmen to arrive in what is now [[Maine]].<ref>{{cite book
|last=Winslow
|first=Edward
|authorlink=Edward Winslow
|coauthors=William Bradford
|editor=Henry Martyn Dexter
|title=Mourt's Relation or Journal of the Plantation at Plymouth
|origyear=1622
|url=http://books.google.com/?id=xb3coQS13NYC&pg=PA83
|accessdate=2008-12-02
|year=1865
|publisher=John Kimball Wiggin
|location=Boston
|oclc=8978744
|pages=83–84
}}</ref>

A member of an [[Abenaki people|Abenaki]] tribe that resided at that time in what is now [[Maine]], Samoset was a [[Sagamore (title)|sagamore]] (subordinate chief) of his tribe and was visiting [[Massasoit|Chief Massasoit]]. He had learned his broken English from the [[England|English]] fishermen that came to fish off [[Monhegan Island]]. After spending the night with the Pilgrims, he came back two days later with [[Squanto]], who spoke English much better English than Samoset.

The orthography of Samoset's name varied depending on which Englishman was discussing him. Although he appeared as ''Samoset'' in some accounts, in others he appeared as ''Somerset''. This odd Anglicisation of this American Indian name probably came naturally to English explorers, many of whom hailed from the West Country. Even Captain [[Christopher Levett]], a Yorkshireman, referred to this Native American as ''Somerset'' in hi(contracted; show full)[[Category:1590 births]]
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[[Category:Plymouth, Massachusetts]]

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