To better understand a passage, a reader should identify the author's attitude, or tone. Evaluating tone gives readers a better understanding of the author's argument and purpose for writing. That voice often reveals the author's attitude toward the subject.
Bradford describes the natives as barbarians and savages in his description of them in his work Of Plymouth Plantation. Since I don't have the passage you need, I'm assuming that Squanto and Massasoit are different.
