Well i'm sure he'd be upset about it its his grain
Expecting this inquiry is alluding to the early experiences between the pilgrims and the Wampanoags, depicted close to the start of the second book, the most essential part of the story is the experience with Samoset. Samoset approaches them "bouldly" and talks in "broken English," which they wonder about. He took in English from anglers who had beforehand gone to the area.
If this was a question than this would be true apart from its more likely for children around 5-8 to make friends
About 11% was african before 1770s