Leslie Landrigan
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Her son was a troublemaker who got lost and nearly started a war between the pilgrims and the natives, and she was whipped for slander. But the one who really interests me is Elizabeth Hopkins. Her husband was Stephen Hopkins, who was in a Shakespeare play.
Her son was a troublemaker who got lost and nearly started a war between the pilgrims and the natives, and she was whipped for slander. But the one who really interests me is Elizabeth Hopkins. Her husband was Stephen Hopkins, who was in a Shakespeare play.
He had come over to North America one time previously as an indentured servant, and his ship got wrecked, and they lived on Bermuda for nine months, and rebuilt the ship and went to Jamestown. And Shakespeare heard the story and wrote The Tempest. And so Stephen Hopkins, who came back to North America after returning to England, he was Stefano in The Tempest. He was the power-mad butler.
He had come over to North America one time previously as an indentured servant, and his ship got wrecked, and they lived on Bermuda for nine months, and rebuilt the ship and went to Jamestown. And Shakespeare heard the story and wrote The Tempest. And so Stephen Hopkins, who came back to North America after returning to England, he was Stefano in The Tempest. He was the power-mad butler.
He had come over to North America one time previously as an indentured servant, and his ship got wrecked, and they lived on Bermuda for nine months, and rebuilt the ship and went to Jamestown. And Shakespeare heard the story and wrote The Tempest. And so Stephen Hopkins, who came back to North America after returning to England, he was Stefano in The Tempest. He was the power-mad butler.
I think there would have been. One thing I'm really unclear about is whether the Native women came because, you know, they might have brought some nasamp or some cornbread or something. There were servants and there were children, and so I think everybody would have been pressed into service. They'd been working together for over a year.
I think there would have been. One thing I'm really unclear about is whether the Native women came because, you know, they might have brought some nasamp or some cornbread or something. There were servants and there were children, and so I think everybody would have been pressed into service. They'd been working together for over a year.
I think there would have been. One thing I'm really unclear about is whether the Native women came because, you know, they might have brought some nasamp or some cornbread or something. There were servants and there were children, and so I think everybody would have been pressed into service. They'd been working together for over a year.
You know, the pilgrims had things that the Indians wanted, guns, for example, or, you know, trade goods, pots. And the natives had something that the pilgrims wanted, which was fur. There was a huge, huge market for beaver fur in Europe. And the natives taught the pilgrims how to fish. So I think it would have been a cooperative effort.
You know, the pilgrims had things that the Indians wanted, guns, for example, or, you know, trade goods, pots. And the natives had something that the pilgrims wanted, which was fur. There was a huge, huge market for beaver fur in Europe. And the natives taught the pilgrims how to fish. So I think it would have been a cooperative effort.
You know, the pilgrims had things that the Indians wanted, guns, for example, or, you know, trade goods, pots. And the natives had something that the pilgrims wanted, which was fur. There was a huge, huge market for beaver fur in Europe. And the natives taught the pilgrims how to fish. So I think it would have been a cooperative effort.
No, they intermingled a lot. As a matter of fact, Edward Winslow, who was the husband of Susanna Winslow, who cooked that dinner, he saved the chief's life at one point. Massasoit had some illness and Edward Winslow came and Honestly, I think he fed him something like chicken soup and did something to save his life. So, yes.
No, they intermingled a lot. As a matter of fact, Edward Winslow, who was the husband of Susanna Winslow, who cooked that dinner, he saved the chief's life at one point. Massasoit had some illness and Edward Winslow came and Honestly, I think he fed him something like chicken soup and did something to save his life. So, yes.
No, they intermingled a lot. As a matter of fact, Edward Winslow, who was the husband of Susanna Winslow, who cooked that dinner, he saved the chief's life at one point. Massasoit had some illness and Edward Winslow came and Honestly, I think he fed him something like chicken soup and did something to save his life. So, yes.
And, of course, Squanto, the native who breeded them, taught them how to grow corn. So they mingled a lot.
And, of course, Squanto, the native who breeded them, taught them how to grow corn. So they mingled a lot.
And, of course, Squanto, the native who breeded them, taught them how to grow corn. So they mingled a lot.
It wasn't really Thanksgiving until the 19th century. it was kind of forgotten. And Thanksgiving was something that the English celebrated in England and here. It wasn't a harvest meal. A real Thanksgiving was getting the community together because you were thankful for something. They could be rain after a drought or a military victory.
It wasn't really Thanksgiving until the 19th century. it was kind of forgotten. And Thanksgiving was something that the English celebrated in England and here. It wasn't a harvest meal. A real Thanksgiving was getting the community together because you were thankful for something. They could be rain after a drought or a military victory.
It wasn't really Thanksgiving until the 19th century. it was kind of forgotten. And Thanksgiving was something that the English celebrated in England and here. It wasn't a harvest meal. A real Thanksgiving was getting the community together because you were thankful for something. They could be rain after a drought or a military victory.