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Original Essays by the school
children entitled
The First Thanksgiving
Frank Wdls
Long ago in England there
was a king whose name was Jam
es. He wanted the people to wor
ship as he told them to. The Fil
grains didn't likt to worship like
the King told them to, so they
went to Holland.
Jn Holland their childron
learned to spbalt their language
ana know their ways. The Eng
lish did not like this so they plan
ned to ‘To to the New World.
They first had a ship the Sp
eedwell, but it had a leak in it
so they went to Kurland. After
a little they had a ship named the
Ma.\ flower.
There were 101 after a iittie
while there was a baby horn
They named her Oeeana That
made 102 persons.
They landed in Plymouth
They had a hard time to find food
They died too from hunger.
They lead a very bad winter
in Ply mouth. Some hied anu m my
people didn’t have any clothes.
They had a very little corn that
winter They could only have two
drains of coi n.
They had a Thanksgiving’
feast in 10-3.They invited the In
dians to their feast. They had
wild turkeys for Thanksgiving
’ east.
Geraldine O’Xm l
During the reign of King
J tines 1 many people were pers
* -uted by the Established Chur
n. of England. The king wanted
everybody to believe as he did,
but many people objected to tins.
King James gave these people,
who were called Pilgiams, perm
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ship as tiny pleased. They went
to Holland and staved there for
t hi. toon years.
1 i i(‘ir child ren were growing
iij) in that time a mi growing to
be 1 ii<«* the Dutch. Ihe English
diet not like that so they thought
they would leave Holland Sept6
in i0. They got a boat named
the Speedwell but it proved to
have so many looks that they Ivan
to go bade to England. As soon
a> tn<*y could they got a boat na
mod : he May Mower a nd they sai
led in that. One hundred undone
people crowded into the MayMow
wlieu they left England but a
little bahy was l)orn on th.e way
over uni that made one bund red
and two. K was a littl • girl and
they named it Oceana because
she was born on the ocean. There
were many important people <>n
that voyage over. Some of the
people were. Miles Sr an dish, Rose
Staiidish, Fld^r Brewster, John
-Oden, and I’riseilla Mullen.
On Deo ill, 11)20 they landed.
. he May flower could not get rig
ht up to the land so they had to
1 111<l in small boats. From the
•small boats they stepped on a
rock, known now as Plymouth
liock. Win n they landed the only
people they found there were
Indians.
The first and second winters
were very hard for the Pilgrims
because they did not have much
seed to plant. Many people died
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j the fir*t winter. One of them
I was Rose St indish.
But in 16:2;} they had good
crops and they thought they wo
1 uld give thanks to God. They had
a big feast and invited many of
the Indians. That was our first
Thanksgiving.
Hast us: “1 hears they is just fou
nd the bones of Christopher Col
umbus.”
Enoch: “I never knowed he was a
gamblin’ man.”