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16 Wednesday, November 22, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Guns, germs, and gravy on everything HOLIDAY SALE! Exercise Therapy Swim Spas Spa Service & Maintenance Saunas • BBQs • Smokers Home of Sisters Barre & Yoga Studio 541-790-9679 • 413 W. Hood Ave., Sisters We Respond when you call us. Your local Sisters contractor for: Earthwork - Utilities - Grading Rock Walls - Snow Removal Residential & Commercial Banr Enterprises, llc 541-549-6977 www.banr.net scott@banr.net ccb#165122 25% plus off storewide! By Jim Cornelius, Editor Part of our family tradition is to gather before the electronic hearth after Thanksgiving dinner to hear a tale from the fine PBS documentary series “We Shall Remain — After the Mayflower.” We see the saga of the first Thanksgiving unfold from the point of view of the Wampanoag, who greeted the arrival of the Pilgrims as an opportunity to forge an alliance in the face of destruction. The film well captured an aspect of the story that generally escapes mainstream history: The people of the Wampanoag Confederacy were living in a post-apocalyptic world. A scant few years before the Pilgrims landed, this numerous and prosperous people was ravaged by a series of disease outbreaks lasting about two years. Half or more of the Wampanoag died. In some villages, mortal- ity approached 100 percent. The village of Patuxet was abandoned. Here was the site of New Plymouth. The diseases, which were probably a strain of plague, were likely acquired through glancing or indirect contact with European sailors, traders and fishermen, who were pok- ing along that coast (and in the case of the French, exploring the north country) for many decades before the Pilgrims ventured there. The Indian populations had little to no resis- tance to these diseases, and the result was like something out of Stephen King’s “The Stand.” Jared Diamond’s “Guns, Germs, and Steel,” promotes the thesis that a variety of variables, often seemingly minor in them- selves, combine to shape the success or destruction of societies throughout history. Weather and crops, domestication of certain animals, the development of certain tech- nologies (steel and writing) and the ability or inability to cope with or resist disease are the true hinges of fate. The website for the PBS series based on Diamond’s work notes : “Much of the credit for European military success in the New World can be handed to the superiority of their weapons, their literary See GRAVY on page 21 Hurry! Limited to in-store stock! Dept. 56 Xmas Villages • Designer Purses • Jewelry Kitchen • Home Decor & More • Excludes OTC & Rx And, come by for our Holiday Open House Nov. 24-26 with FREE samples and more! S ISTERS D RUG & G IFT 211 E. Cascade Ave., Sisters | 541-549-6221 Fantastic Mexican Food, Margaritas & Gift Card Sale Many of our recipes have been handed down for generations — and we create new menu items & specials all the time. Join us for lunch, dinner or one of our many specialty margaritas. PHOTO POBLIC DOMAIN Initially positive relations between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag gradually broke down. 10% OFF GIFT CARDS OF $60 OR MORE! Mention this ad 541-549-3594 150 E. Cascade Ave. Paulina Springs Books You can open up whole new worlds with the gift of a book. Pick up Paulina Springs Books’ Holiday Books Gift Guide and you’ll find brilliant ideas to put under the Christmas Tree. There’s also a great selection of toys, games and gift items to stuff a stocking. Come in and browse — this local trove will reward you with treasures. Paulina Springs Books is hosting the 22nd Annual Angel Tree Book Drive now till December 24. Books purchased for the Angel Tree are given to local children. Shoppers choose a card from the Angel Tree and select the book they would like to purchase. There’s nothing more fun for a family gathering than putting down the electronic devices and playing a game together. Paulina Springs has an outstanding selection of games that will challenge, excite and help your family create wonderful holiday memories.
