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The Real Story Of Thanksgiving

Dear Friend,

Below is the real story of Thanksgiving and I am thankful for your support

Dick

Squanto, whose real name was Tisquantum, was instrumental in helping the Pilgrims survive and is central to the narrative of the first Thanksgiving. He served as a vital liaison and translator, teaching the Pilgrims how to cultivate local crops and fish in the new land. In the autumn of 1621, after a successful harvest that followed his guidance, the Pilgrims held a feast, likely including the Wampanoag tribe led by Massasoit, and Squanto was present at this event.

Squanto’s role in the first Thanksgiving

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  Survival and guidance: After the Pilgrims endured a brutal first winter, Squanto, who was fluent in English, helped them learn essential survival skills, such as planting corn and using fish as fertilizer.
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  Liaison and translator: He acted as an intermediary between the Pilgrims and local Native American tribes, facilitating a peace treaty between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Confederacy in 1621.
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  The feast: The 1621 feast, often called the “first Thanksgiving,” was a harvest celebration for the Pilgrims. Squanto was present at this event, which also included Wampanoag leaders, such as Chief Massasoit. The gathering was not an invitation to the Wampanoag to express gratitude for their help, but a celebration of a successful harvest, as the Wampanoag were likely invited to the celebration because the Pilgrims were shooting off celebratory gunfire, and the Wampanoag were passing by.

Squanto’s unique story

• Enslavement and exile: A decade before the Pilgrims arrived, Squanto was kidnapped by an English explorer and taken to Spain, where he was sold into slavery. He eventually escaped, made his way to England, learned English, and returned to his homeland years later.
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  Tribe’s fate: Upon his return, he found that his Patuxet tribe had been wiped out by disease.

 

• “A special instrument”: Squanto was the only surviving member of his tribe when the Pilgrims arrived, and the Pilgrims viewed him as a “special instrument” sent by God to help them survive. He died of a fever in November 1622, just a year after the first Thanksgiving feast.

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