I know the title of this may offend someone. Sorry. It is a period film set in Pre America. It is the story of the friendship between the Indian Squanto and William Bradford. It is based on foot note in history. History is a matter of interpretation and reading a book on the Mayflower in which Squanto is just a small part, I found there were questions about his death. There is uncertainty there. I want to go with the choice that he did not die of a plague. Too many people today seem to think Squanto’s entire tribe died off from a disease when he did, but that is not true.

Squanto and Bradford were very close. There is indication that the two owe each other their lives. But there were people who wanted Squanto Dead and I want to explore that story. I want to go with the idea that Squanto’s demise was political. He was murdered. Bradford saved his life at least once from possible execution. Squanto also wanted to be the head chief. He had political aspirations. So there were members of his tribe and rival tribes that were possibly after his head, especially since some probably did not trust his friendship with a white man.

Ironically there is a movie by DISNEY which I have not seen that is about Squanto’s life in England as a slave. I googled just to see if anyone had made a film like this. NOPE. I can not find one done about his life with BRADFORD. I did get the idea of this from the Book the Mayflower but that is about the history of the Mayflower and not Squanto. I want to do more research and fictionalize how he died. Again history is about interpretation and there is an indication his death might not have happened the way most people believe.