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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 (contracted; show full)

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 
[[Somerset|West Country]]. Even Captain [[Christopher Levett]], a Yorkshireman, referred to this Native American as ''Somerset'' in his account of his journey to explore New England in 1623 and 1624.<ref>{{cite journal
|last=Matthews|first=Albert|year=1904
|title=Note on the Indian Sagamore Samoset
|journal=Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts
|publisher=The Society|location=Boston|volume=6|pages=59–70 at 60|oclc=1564125
|url=http://books.google.com/?id=vvo7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA60
(contracted; show full)[[Category:1590 births]]
[[Category:1653 deaths]]
[[Category:Native Americans connected with Plymouth Colony]]
[[Category:People from Lincoln County, Maine]]
[[Category:Plymouth, Massachusetts]]

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