Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong According to many historical accounts, there is no turkey gobbling at the 1621 meal, but there was wild fowl (most likely geese or duck). Sweet potatoes were not yet grown in North American and cranberries are not a likely dessert food because sugar was an unaffordable luxury. Other items on the table included such things as venison, pumpkin, succotash and Indian corn. In 1621, though the Pilgrims celebrated a feast, Yes, But it was not repeated in the years to follow. In 1636, a murdered white man was found in his boat and the Pequot were blamed. In retaliation settlers burned all the Pequot villages. The Pilgram Governor of Plymouth, William Bradford, wrote: “Those that escaped the fire were slain with the sword; some hewed to pieces, others run through with their rapiers, so that they were quickly dispatched and very few escaped. “For the next 100 years, every Thanksgiving Day ordained by a Governor was in honor of the bloody victory, thanking God that the battle had been won.” indiancountrytodaymedianetwork/2013/11/28/6-thanksgiving-myths-share-them-someone-you-know-152475
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:51:12 +0000
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