1) Pemaquid chief 
Samoset (ca. 1590–1653) was the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony. 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, which he had begun to learn from a group of English sailors who to...
A pernaquid friend of the Pilgrims, 1590- 1658.
(c. 1590-c. 1653) Pemaquid diplomat born on Monhegan Island in present-day Maine. He had learned some English from British fishermen who had worked off the coast of Maine, and it was said that he greeted the...