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Heard of the Wampanoag Tribe? “People of the First Light”
1620
‘Come over and help us’
Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
This seal reveals the extent to which the Europeans refused to see the Native American culture and life as anything other than savagery, seeing them as helpless peoples in need of saving.
Ironically, without the Natives’ help, the Europeans, they would not have survived in New England.
Now, the REAL STORY
Captain John Smith and Chief Powhatan
Pequot War (1636-38)
Pequot Village May 26, 1637- Puritans burned and massacred 500+ Native men, women, and children
New England white settlers attack the Pequot Indian fort during the Pequot War of 1637 (engraving) . engraving. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Accessed Sep 26, 2019. https://quest.eb.com/search/108_4085652/1/108_4085652/cite.
1675: King Phillip’s War 55 years after the Wampanoag Tribe aided the settlers… The English nearly wiped out the tribe.
The colonial assault on the Narragansett's fort - December 1675 during King Philip's War
The Battle of Bloody Brook on September 18, 1675 during King Philip's War
The Battle of Bloody Brook on September 18. Illustration. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Accessed Sep 26, 2019. https://quest.eb.com/search/312_1013296/1/312_1013296/cite.
NATIVE AMERICAN ATTACK, 1675. - Native Americans attacking a Massachusetts village (Brookfield or Deerfield) during King Philip's War, 1675. Color engraving, 19th century.. Fine Art. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Accessed Sep 26, 2019. https://quest.eb.com/search/140_1628989/1/140_1628989/cite.
Within these late years, there hath, by God’s visitation, reigned a wonderful plague, the utter destruction, devastation, and depopulation of that whole territory, so as there is not left any that do claim or challenge any kind of interest therein. We, in our judgment, are persuaded and satisfied, that the appointed time is come in which Almighty God, in his great goodness and bounty towards us, and our people, hath thought fit and determined, that those large and goodly territories, deserted as it were by their natural inhabitants, should be possessed and enjoyed by such of our subjects.” – King James I of England
“Strangely they have decreased by the Hand of God… and it hath generally been observed that where the English come to settle, a Divine Hand makes way for them.”
— Daniel Denton, (c. 1626 – 1703)
“For the natives, they are near all dead of the smallpox, so the Lord hath cleared our title to what we possess.”
–John Winthrop, Massachusetts governor, writing in 1634 from Boston.
On November 26, 1863 Pres. Lincoln created the official Thanksgiving holiday to commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg and express gratitude for the Union victory.
In 1939, Pres. Franklin Roosevelt decided Nov. 26 was too late in the season and moved the holiday to the 3rd Thursday of November, allowing more Christmas shopping days. He thought this would help boost the economy.
1941 – Congress challenged FDR’s decision and the 4th Thursday of November was set as Thanksgiving Day.
