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BigmanPigman

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3. Yep, the Indians showed them how to farm, hunt, fish,
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 07:56 PM
Nov 2018

build shelter, etc. The pilgrims came here with few skills except for shop keeping and a few skills for English food gathering. They would have starved if it weren't for the indians. They even showed the pilgrims that is you stick a fish head in the dirt with a few seeds the plant would be better. I read tons of books to my First Graders....I wonder how much they remembered, if any.

My great, great, great .....ancestor came over on the ship after the Mayflower. They settled in the Phila and NJ area.

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