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"In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God ..." (1 Thessalonians 5:18) Psalms 50:14 says that to: “…Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High…” Thanksgiving in 2010 Thanksgiving is here. Even if you don't agree with following Thanksgiving for obvious reasons, the act of Thanksgiving existed in many cultures and creeds long before the 1600's and long before the USA was ever born. So, I celebrate Thanksgiving for being thankful for God giving me my life (among other reasons without celebrating imperialism against Native Americans). For us Americans, the story of Thanksgiving deals with the Pilgrims and the Native Americans. Some Pilgrims desired religious freedom and the spreading of their religious views. Other Pilgrims were of course bigoted terrorists that hungered for imperialism and wished to acquire the lands of the Native American people in an immoral type of fashion. I do want to make that distinction very clear and paramount. William Bradford was the Governor of the Plymouth Colony. He was born in 1590 in a small farming town in England. His father died when he was only 1 year old tragically. His mother named Alice raised him until he was 4. He lived with his grandfather and his grandfather died when he was only 6. Tragedy hit when his mother died only 1 year later. He was then sent to live with his 2 uncle. William fled England's religious persecution with other Separatists at 18 years old. He came into Amsterdam in 1608. In 1609, he moved with his Puritan church to Holland. He resided there for the next 11 years. William was a silk weaver. His wife was Dorothy and in 1620, he was 30 years old. He sailed to America with selling his home in the Mayflower. The journey was difficult when they landed in Cape Code. Men were exploring the land and Dorothy fell overboard to drown. Half of the people died and William almost died. He
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"In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God ..."
(1 Thessalonians 5:18)
Psalms 50:14 says that to: “…Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy
vows unto the most High…”
Thanksgiving in 2010
Thanksgiving is here. Even if you don't agree with following Thanksgiving for obvious reasons,the act of Thanksgiving existed in many cultures and creeds long before the 1600's and longbefore the USA was ever born. So, I celebrate Thanksgiving for being thankful for God giving memy life (among other reasons without celebrating imperialism against Native Americans). For us Americans, the story of Thanksgiving deals with the Pilgrims and the Native Americans.Some Pilgrims desired religious freedom and the spreading of their religious views. OtherPilgrims were of course bigoted terrorists that hungered for imperialism and wished to acquire thelands of the Native American people in an immoral type of fashion. I do want to make that
distinction very clear and paramount. William Bradford was the Governor of the Plymouth Colony.He was born in 1590 in a small farming town in England. His father died when he was only 1 yearold tragically. His mother named Alice raised him until he was 4. He lived with his grandfather andhis grandfather died when he was only 6. Tragedy hit when his mother died only 1 year later. Hewas then sent to live with his 2 uncle. William fled England's religious persecution with otherSeparatists at 18 years old. He came into Amsterdam in 1608. In 1609, he moved with his Puritanchurch to Holland. He resided there for the next 11 years. William was a silk weaver. His wife wasDorothy and in 1620, he was 30 years old. He sailed to America with selling his home in theMayflower. The journey was difficult when they landed in Cape Code. Men were exploring theland and Dorothy fell overboard to drown. Half of the people died and William almost died. He
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was elected the 2nd Governor of Plymouth by 1621. William Bradford was known for hisleadership skills and his abilities to endure. He was reelected nearly every year thereafter.Some of his poems, letters, and writing survive now. Bradford managed the colony'sfinances, overseen its courts, created policy and laws, etc. He even communicated withinvestors and neighbors.
Now, the Mayflower had the Pilgrims coming into America. To the Pilgrims, America was like anew land where they could express their religious beliefs. In the beginning, many NativeAmericans established peaceful and cordial relations with the Pilgrim settlers. They hadThanksgiving dinner with each other back in 1621 and that was a good thing since any human
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being ought to be cordial with another human being (as expressing the ideal of brotherhood).Massasoit was the sachem or chief of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The Native Americanshelped the Pilgrims from starving to death in the Winter time. He tried to make people with thePilgrims. Here's a source on Massasoit:
"..The Pilgrims took great pains to impress Massasoit. They had furnished the reception house
with a rug and cushions. Governor Carver was not waiting there to receive him, but was usheredin after Massasoit's arrival with a flourish of brass and drums dressed no doubt in his mostimpressive magistrate's gown of purple or deep red. Then, with Squanto and Samoset serving as
translators, a plainly written treaty of peace and mutual aid was drawn up which—unlike mosttreaties—was with one exception faithfully kept on both sides until after Massasoit's' death in
1661..." (Smith, Bradford of Plymouth , p. 151).
Squanto aided the Pilgrims to survive near starvation in the Winter time. Squanto was from thePatuxet people. He smoked a peace pipe with the Englishman & the Pilgrim John Carver during
March of 1621. Some Native Americans converted to Christianity. Captain Mason had visited and
recruited the Narragansett, who joined him with several hundred warriors. Several allied Niantic
warriors also joined Mason's group. On May 26, 1637, with a force up to about 400 fighting
men, Mason attacked Misistuck by surprise. He estimated that "six or seven Hundred" Pequot
were there when his forces assaulted the palisade. This brutal massacre is called the Pequot
Massacre of 1637. The Narragansett and Mohegan warriors with Mason and Underhill's colonial
militia were horrified by the actions and "manner of the Englishmen's fight . . . because it is too
furious, and slays too many men.” The Narragansett left the warfare and returned home. There
has been debate on the composition of the Pequot Massacre to this very day.
The first Indian uprising or massacre in New England took place in 1675 and is called King
Philip's War. King Philip, also called Metacom, was the second son of Chief Massasoit. The waroccurred since both the Native Americans and the Pilgrims ran out of goods to trading. Also,Metacom was skeptical of the Pilgrims. John Sassamon who was a Native American convert formurdered for revealing the conspiracy to attack the colonists. Both sides committed unjustifiedatrocities against each other. Yet, it would be the Native Americans suffering worse byimperialists and some of them were infiltrated by the wicked Jesuits too. The colony was annexed
by the Massachusetts Bay Colony by 1691. The importance of the Indian's help soon
became forgotten in the clashes that occurred. Let us today be forever
Thankful that the Native Americans that befriended the Pilgrims lived by
their own beliefs and teachings of helping those in need. For without their
aid, what would have become of the Pilgrims at Plymouth? Yet, Thanksgiving's
legacy didn't end in the 1600's. It still occurs with festivals, feasts, and other events. I’vecelebrated Thanksgiving to be thankful what blessing I have. I didn’t use the day to celebrateimperialism or oppression at all. I did consume a significant amount of food there like turkey,sweet potatoes, vegetables, lemon cake, stuffing, water, rolls, cherry pie, and other foods. InAmerica, a lot of people watch football, had religious celebrated, and others relaxed. This is thetime just before the Christmas shopping season. George Washington (in 1789) and AbrahamLincoln supported or allowed proclamations that celebrated Thanksgiving.
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