TIM: As new settlers came to America, they didn't need as much help as the Pilgrims did. TIM: Sadly, the American Indian/Pilgrim friendship didn't last forever.Īn image shows a Pilgrim man shaking Squanto's hand, then the image fades away. TIM: Part of that agreement allowed the Pilgrims to build their new town of Plymouth. Two groups of people with little in common came together and formed a peace and friendship agreement.Īn image shows a drawing of the first Thanksgiving. TIM: That first Thanksgiving lasted three whole days. They ate things like duck, goose, deer, lobster, wild turkey, fish, beans, squash, corn soup, corn bread, and berries. TIM: Massasoit sent his men to hunt for some more food so everybody could eat.Īn animation shows Massasoit's men going off to hunt for more food. TIM: The Pilgrims weren't quite prepared for 90 Wampanoag that showed up.Īn image shows the Pilgrims not having enough food for the Wampanoag people. Captain Miles Standish, the leader of the Pilgrims, invited the visitors to join them for the Thanksgiving celebration.Īn image shows Captain Miles Standish and Chief Massasoit. The Wampanoag chief Massasoit, his wife, and 90 men decided to pay a visit to the colony. TIM: Members of the Plymouth colony were preparing for their feast to celebrate the autumn harvest. It happened sometime between September 21 and November 11, 1621. But this was the first thanksgiving celebration that they had together. The American Indians actually held several harvest festivals throughout the year. The Pilgrims had held an annual thanksgiving feast in November that was a religious holiday. Thanksgiving was not an entirely new concept for the Pilgrims or the Indians. TIM: They held a feast to celebrate their good fortune. TIM: By the time fall rolled around, the Pilgrims were doing much better, thanks to the Wampanoags.Īn image shows a Pilgrim man shaking Squanto's hand. Images illustrate the things Squanto and his people taught the Pilgrims. He also taught them how to plant corn and other new vegetables, using fish for fertilizer. TIM: He and his people pointed out medicinal plants, showed them how to build houses called wigwams, and taught them how to catch fish. An English-speaking Wampanoag named Squanto decided to help the Pilgrims and teach them how to survive. And the Pilgrims really didn't know how to hunt and fish. TIM: The seeds they brought from England wouldn't grow on American soil. Many of them died during that first year in the New World.Īn animation shows snow falling on Pilgrim graves. TIM: The Pilgrims were unprepared for the American wilderness, and they had a pretty rough time. TIM: Right, so when the Pilgrims landed in the Mayflower, they were in Wampanoag territory.Īn animation shows Wampanoag people observing the Pilgrims who landed on their coast. Way before the Pilgrims ever arrived an American Indian tribe called the Wampanoag inhabited much of what we now know as Rhode Island and Massachusetts, including Plymouth. TIM: Their ship, the Mayflower landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were settlers from England who came to the New World seeking religious and economic freedom. Well, you've probably heard of the Pilgrims. TIM: Dear Tim and Moby, how did Thanksgiving begin? From, Margeaux. TIM: It's, ah… maybe you could add a little more pepper. Moby holds the spoon up to Tim's face and he tastes what Moby's cooking. Moby stirs a saucepan on the stove in his kitchen. Text reads: The Mysteries of Life with Tim and Moby
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