What is true is that the 1st Thanksgiving lasted 3-days. About fifty Pilgrims came and 90 Wampanoag Indians. 2/3rds of the attendees were Wampanoag.
Somewhere during the 3-day thing, the Pilgrims took out their muskets and "exercised arms" which basically means target practice. It might have been a way to show the Wampanoag Indians that they have guns and know how to use them... a subtle warning.
It was a political gathering to achieve a military alliance. Massoasoit, the Wampanoag king, was there. So was the English governor, William Bradford.
So no... no slaughter, no recorded conflicts. The gathering was a mostly men-only event, with the women doing the cooking but staying out of the way.
No, that's not true.
What is true is that the 1st Thanksgiving lasted 3-days. About fifty Pilgrims came and 90 Wampanoag Indians. 2/3rds of the attendees were Wampanoag.
Somewhere during the 3-day thing, the Pilgrims took out their muskets and "exercised arms" which basically means target practice. It might have been a way to show the Wampanoag Indians that they have guns and know how to use them... a subtle warning.
It was a political gathering to achieve a military alliance. Massoasoit, the Wampanoag king, was there. So was the English governor, William Bradford.
So no... no slaughter, no recorded conflicts. The gathering was a mostly men-only event, with the women doing the cooking but staying out of the way.