Samoset became the first Native American to make contact with the Plymouth colony.
A chieftain of an Eastern Abenaki tribe, Samoset had learned a few words in English from a nearby English fishing camp. When he contacted the Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony, he simply walked into their camp and said hello, before requesting beer and staying the night.
Samoset was the first Native American to speak with the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, in 1621. He brought them into contact with the Wampanoag people. The Wampanoag lived near the Pilgrims’ settlement, in what is now Massachusetts.