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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. November 22. 1958 Ravenous Indians Joined in Helping To Prepare First Thanksgiving Feast eloquent prayer, thanking the i dians, . but the prayer ended at Editor'! not: What happened at th first Thanksgiving; celebration 335 years ago at Plymouth? Here, the former coanselor-ceneral of the So ciety of Mayflower Descendant de tails the extraordinary events that took place oa that offtlnal Turkey Day. By DR. GLEASON L. ARCHER Written for United Press Pembroke, Mass. OJ.PJ The. Pilgrims of Plymouth had rea sons enough for holding a- Thanksgiving celebration in No- vember, 1021. 9 Tfey fiad survived a visitation 5 of deatfi that had taken half their numbers sine coming to 3 Wierica. They had been daliv- e erd from Indian hostility. They htsd endured famine all summer O Ions; while desperately3 laboring to raise a strange grain. That Crop was now harvested 20 area of Indian torn. . . 9 Row, in golden autumn days, c: ducks and geese in untold nurn bew fcad suddenly appeared .in Plymouth manna frorn Heaven 0 fler tba 25 children and 23 adults of tlje settlement Tacy must gie thanks as a people, to the God of Heaven, and aoCovernor Bradford had set a day for the great .Tent a day f prayer and feasting in the public square of. their palisaded settlement. They would set an example for the heathen Indians, and so they had invited Massa 3 twit to be their guett at the festival. Party of 80 Their impulsive Invitation had hlned that the Indian' king might bring a few"of his close friends to ihare in their bounty. They had expected the king's brother Quadquena, and a few of his chief caDtains as truest, little dreaming of the fierce competi tion that would assail easv-eoinz Massasoit for inclusion in the royal party. Massasoit could not say no to Indian braves clamor ing for a free meal. When the royal party appear ed on Watson's Hill, across Town Brook on the morninff of the great day, there were no fewer than 80 hungry Indians in the party. Pilgrim leaders were appalled at their predicament. The wild owl that they had killed and 'dressed, the lobsters they had gathered, the bushels of clams that they had dug could prove but a snack for the multitude. The friendly Indian, Squanto, was sent to parley with the In dian king to head off the 80 hungry savages. Massasoit, how ever, rose to the occasion like the great sachem that he was. He had. come to attend a ban quet and a banquet there should be! Turning to his followers, he made a speech, commanding them to return to the forest for deer and wild turkeys. "No catchum, no eatum," added Squanto, impressively. For Three Days . The mighty hunters of Pokano ket soon returned in triumph with five slaughtered deer and wild turkeys innumerable. In dian cooks joined their hosts in this mighty barbecue. When all was in readiness, gray-bearded Elder Brewster rose to give thanks to God. His Around Hollywood B O Hollywood (U.R) Orson gi. Welles is back in town, acting ,ln his first film here In seven years. And he's overjoyed that it's an other "short role." colorful ; firSl The L-K.; '-:'-' directflr and star appeared o n television this year, but he lias not AUnaMosbs- beeq on a local thovie sound stage since he di rected and started in "Mao beth." Durfng Welles' long stretch erseas, director John riusion Pi him a staggering salary to appear in iviuuy iui a v- minute rnonologue. . Now Welles is working in his fit "western, "Pay the Devil," Cftt Universal-International, which - ft ha says "is a very short "part, ' too." " phOTter the Bstler "I like sjhort parts, the; shorter the better," roared the barrel cheated, eep4rotced actor as lie atrade around his studio dress ing room. "The best parts are t necessarily the longest.'but where the peoale in the movie tJk tbouV the cfiarjicter you're playing' and'you'te net there. "Tie rest3-pf the cast is work irrf their heads off for you: In i this 'picture te cast keeps' .say- -' ir "He's coming.' When I fin i ally arrive Io have oTily four scenes.' p "But not on a horse!" he add ed. "This"-is" a western without Brss,giiij or opwboys." Back to Europe, Wello, nsjxt will direet "Tip ; on a Doed Jockey" at MGM. He United Press Correspondent By ALINE MOSflY returns to Europe in the spring for another picture. Will he return to Broadway now that he is working in this country again? "Not as an actor!" boomed Wells. ""I could probably brave it as a director, if I didn't have to ge( on the stage. I've had 20 years of bad acting notices there." Fans of Welles directing ("Cit izen Kane") are looking for ward to his return to that art at MGM. He enjoys directing, he says, "If I don't have to act in -the picture, too." 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