The Old Colony town, and other sketches . A THANKSGIVING. A THANKSGIVING In December, 1621, Edward Winslow, ofthe Mayflower company, wrote a letter fromPlymouth to a louing and old friend inLondon, saying: — We set the last Spring some twentie Acresof Indian Corne, and sowed some six acres ofBarley & Pease and according to the mannerof the Indians, we manured our ground withHerrings or rather Shadds, which we have ingreat abundance and take with great ease at ourdoores. Our Corne did proue well & God bepraysed, and our Early indifferent good, but ourPease not worth the gathering, they came upv
The Old Colony town, and other sketches . A THANKSGIVING. A THANKSGIVING In December, 1621, Edward Winslow, ofthe Mayflower company, wrote a letter fromPlymouth to a louing and old friend inLondon, saying: — We set the last Spring some twentie Acresof Indian Corne, and sowed some six acres ofBarley & Pease and according to the mannerof the Indians, we manured our ground withHerrings or rather Shadds, which we have ingreat abundance and take with great ease at ourdoores. Our Corne did proue well & God bepraysed, and our Early indifferent good, but ourPease not worth the gathering, they came upvery well, and blossomed, but the Sunne parchedthem in the blossome; our harvest being gottenin, our Governour sent foure men on fowling, sothat we might after a more speciall manner re-ioyce together after we gathered the fruit of ourlabours; they foure in one day killed as many il8 A THANKSGIVING fowle as with a little helpe beside served theCompany almost a weeke, This rejoicing together after a more spe-ciall manner was the first Thanksgivi
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