Samoset

For the community in the United States, see Samoset, Florida.
The cover of the 1853 book, Interview of Samoset with the Pilgrims, depicting Samoset meeting the Pilgrims

Samoset (also Somerset, c. 1590 – c. 1653) was an Abenaki sagamore and the first American Indian to make contact with the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in New England. He startled the colonists on March 16, 1621 by walking into Plymouth Colony and greeting them in English, saying "Welcome, Englishmen."[1]

  1. ^ Winslow, Edward; William Bradford (1865) [1622]. Henry Martyn Dexter (ed.). Mourt's Relation or Journal of the Plantation at Plymouth. Boston: John Kimball Wiggin. pp. 83–84. OCLC 8978744. Retrieved December 2, 2008.