. A history of the United States. en or even plows, but many of them were farmersand they were soon able to raise corn, wheat, rye, barley, andpeas enough for their wants. When their first harvest wasgathered, they decided to set apart a few days for rest andthanksgiving. Four hunters obtained enough game in oneday to supply the colony for nearly a week. Massasoitand his tribe were asked to join them in the season of fes-tivity. Ninety Indians came to Plymouth. These nativeguests remained three days. They contributed five deer as 56 THE PILGRIMS AND PLYMOUTH their share. The Indians amused the
. A history of the United States. en or even plows, but many of them were farmersand they were soon able to raise corn, wheat, rye, barley, andpeas enough for their wants. When their first harvest wasgathered, they decided to set apart a few days for rest andthanksgiving. Four hunters obtained enough game in oneday to supply the colony for nearly a week. Massasoitand his tribe were asked to join them in the season of fes-tivity. Ninety Indians came to Plymouth. These nativeguests remained three days. They contributed five deer as 56 THE PILGRIMS AND PLYMOUTH their share. The Indians amused the white men with wild,frolicsome games, and the settlers in turn entertained themwith military tactics and evolutions. Each day was openedwith a religious service. This was the first Thanksgiving inNew England. In 1623 the settlers were made happy bya rain which came in time to save their corn from drought,and they again set apart a special day for this manner the new custom of a Thanksgiving timeeach fall grew Copyrighl, iSgi, by A. S. Burbank A View of Plymouth in 1622 End of the Partnership. — Emigrants joined the Pilgrimsduring the following years, so that the colony increased innumbers. The newcomers were in part from John Robin-sons church in Leyden, and in part directly from England,In 1624 some cattle were brought into the settlement. Inone way, however, the colony did not seem successful. Thecolonists could find little except lumber or beaver skins tosend to their partners in London. In 1627 they purchased theshares held there, agreeing to pay the London merchants innine annual instalments. The Pilgrims managed to keeptheir agreement by establishing posts on the Kennebec GROWTH OF THE COLONY 57 River, Penobscot Bay, and the Connecticut River, fromwhich they carried on a trade in furs with the moredistant Indians. Dividing the Land. — The system of joint labor on commonfields which had prevailed during the early years came to anend at about the s
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