Thanksgiving...

Here at Your Last Meal, we talk about the last meals of the famous, not so famous and the convicted. However for every last meal, there is a first meal. The theme this week is Thanksgiving.

There was a first Thanksgiving. Edward Winslow, who was a leader of the pilgrim colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts, gave this account of the first Thanksgiving.

"Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week. At which time, amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, Many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest King Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed on our governor, and upon the captain and others. And although it be not always so plentiful as it was this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty."

The feast went on for 3 days and they had a guest of 90 indians from the local area.

They ate:

Vensison provided by the Indians

Duck

Goose

Turkey

Swan.

Face it. Without the Indians help, the colonies would have had a hard time adjusting to the new land they were living in. It is on this note, that those colonist were thankful for the help. The question I ask of the dear readers of Your Last Meal is, what are you thankful for?