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“And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty.”
Edward Winslow, describing the first Thanksgiving feast with the Wampanoag and English settlers.
Edward Winslow. “A letter sent from New-England to a friend in these parts.” In The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, edited by George Cheever, 95-98. New York: John Wiley, 1848. http://bit.ly/e5k3TN