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Originally Posted by GA Russell
The Pilgrims are portrayed as celebrating with the Indians. I wonder if that was true, and if so, I wonder if they were the first to do that.
I know that in the case of St. Augustine, what the Spanish did occurred immediately upon arrival. They were thanking God for the safe voyage rather than for the bountiful harvest.
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From my understanding, the only thing safe about the voyage was that
SOME of them arrived somewhere that they didn't expect to be.