Tells the Thanksgiving story of Squanto, a Patuxet Indian who helped the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony to survive in their first difficult years. He is also known as Tisquantum. Other charcters mentioned are William Bradford, Miles Standish, Captain Thomas Hunt, and Captain Thomas Dermer.

The Pilgrims arrived in the New World in 1620. Before they had chosen a suitable site for their settlement, it was late in December. On Christmas Day, the first work party went on shore. Houses were built, and streets were laid out. The winter was an ordeal for the Pilgrims. Over 1/2 of them died before spring arrived. The Pilgrims had seen Indians only at a distance. On March 16, however, a ...