Squanto Returned Home After Years Across The Atlantic – And Found His Village Empty
Some formed alliances.
Some attempted to redirect European power against Native rivals.
Strategies changed as circumstances changed.
The fact that some choices later benefited colonization does not mean the people making them could see the future clearly.
Ousamequin could not know exactly how many English settlers would arrive in the next generation.
Tisquantum could not know that his image would become part of a national holiday.
They acted in the world available to them.
That is the kind of history that makes old events feel immediate.
The people involved did not know the ending.
They were trying to survive the next season.
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