![]() Squanto was bought by a well-meaning Spanish monk, who treated him well and taught him the Christian faith. ![]() It was an unimaginable horror.īut God had an amazing plan for one of the captured Indians, a boy named Squanto. ![]() When the trusting Wampanoag Indians came out to trade, the traders took them prisoner, transported them to Spain, and sold them into slavery. Historical accounts of Squanto’s life vary, but historians believe that around 1608, more than a decade before the Pilgrims arrived, a group of English traders sailed to what is today Plymouth, Massachusetts. I’m talking about the amazing story of the way God used an Indian named Squanto as a special instrument of His providence. No, I’m not talking about some revisionist, politically correct version of history. ![]() But how many of us know the Indian viewpoint? Today, we want to share a classic Chuck Colson BreakPoint commentary on Thanksgiving, Squanto and the providence of God.Ĭhuck Colson: Most of us know the story of the first Thanksgiving at least we know the Pilgrim version. ![]()
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