FYI
I did not know the full story about a one; Squanto. In a nut shell it goes like this...
Squanto and the First Thanksgiving:
With Squanto’s help, the pilgrims grew enough food to survive the following winter, prompting them to invite Massasoit along with 90 of his tribesmen and Squanto to the
first Thanksgiving feast in 1621.
Squanto was a Native American from the Patuxet tribe who taught the pilgrims of Plymouth Colony how to survive in New England. Squanto was able to communicate with the pilgrims because he spoke fluent English, unlike most of his fellow Native Americans at the time. The following are some facts…
historyofmassachusetts.org