Happy Thanksgiving to our US members. I hope you enjoy this forwarded message. Barb =========================================================================== Barbara Patterson [log in to unmask] HSC 2J22 905-525-9140, ext. 22403 School of Nursing =========================================================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:22:16 -0500 (EST) From: Janet Landeen <[log in to unmask]> To: barb -- Barbara Patterson <[log in to unmask]> From: Phil Daley <[log in to unmask]> >From: Nancy Noyes <[log in to unmask]> >Some of you got this already, sorry if it's a repeat. Happy T-Day. > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Subject: Who were the Pilgrims? > > Who Were The Pilgrims? > > This is a selection from a book called "Then Some Other > Things Happened", a collection of short pieces about > history written by eighth graders and compiled by Bill > Lawrence, a teacher and columnist. .:. > .:. \|/ .:. > The Pilgrims were a _ \\,/// \|/ | \|/ > bunch of English _/_\_ ___ \\|/// <#> | \|<#> | > wonderers who (") /.-.\ (")\\ \|<#>|/ \| / > wanted to _ //U\\ |(")| //-\\\ | \| /<#>/ > worship as ( ) _ \|_|/ /)v(\ <#>_/|_|/\\ \ |/ |/ \| > they wanted (_` )_('> | | \/~\/ |||\\\ \| | |/ > to. They (__,~_)8 ||| //_\\ ||| \\ |/ \| / \| / > escaped jgs _YY_ _[|]_ /_____\ _[|]_ \| |/ |/ > the Church """"""""'""'""'"""""'""""'""'"""'"""""''"'"""^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > of England > and came over here because they heard that American churches were dif- > ferent. The May Flower was the ship with which they came in. It didn't > have a bathroom on board so there was quite an odor. Priscilla Mullins > was the captain. > > First the Pilgrims had gone to Holland but left when their children > started developing customs there. After a stopover at Williamsburg when > a large storm blew them off course they landed on a big, slimey rock in > Massachusetts. They spent the winter there. > > Before they got off the ship even they drew up an agreement for the > people of Plymouth to agree on the voting for governors and congressmen. > They kept this hid in the May Flower Compact. Lord Delaware was elected > the first governor of Plymouth Rock. > > .-""""-._.'| A friendly Indian named Rhone Oak > / '.| | showed the Pilgrams how to plant > / | / ( corn by putting it in the ground. > | -= | /| ) ( > | |/`< ) ) Rhone Oak had been the > ; -=| _| ______ first Indian to come to > \ \ / .' `. /) America and always wanted > '._ _.-""-.< .' `\/) a beer. He traveled > / / \ / ___ .--'`/| around with Miles Standy > _ / | '-._( ____\ (____/_/=, and translated language. > ( \| \ -=/ /--;==============` He knew enough English to > ._,;'\==='-,..__/__/__.' interupt. > `'--/,/ || ' \ > / | / || ' \ Another interupter for the white man was > \/ . || ; Squanto, who was called that because he > jgs / / || | was so short. Squanto drew up a declara- > | . || | tion to give the settlers freedom of > / '=------| goverment in the new land. The Pilgrams > / ' ; ; ;| gave the Indians thanks for all this and > `-.___.___.___.___._/ that's what started Thanksgiving. > > The Pilgrams then appointed | But if these people wouldn't > Thanksgiving as a national | had of come to America the > holiday. Abraham Lincoln | United States wouldn't > later pronounced it and gave | \ be like it is / > it to them and it soon became | `I=. today. .=I` > a national holiday all around | /|\ `"=I._ _.I="` /|\ > the world. | |/|\| /|\ `"=I="` /|\ |/|\| > | |/|\| |/|\| /|\ |/|\| |/|\| > These people always wore old | |/#\| |/|\| |/|\| |/|\| |/#\| > shoes with a big buckle on the | |###| |/#\| |/|\| |/#\| |###| > top of them. The men wore | \#/ |###| |/#\| |###| \#/ > pants that only came a little | ` \#/ |###| \#/ ` > ways past the knees and the | ` |###| ` jgs > girls wore funny bonnets. | \#/ > _ ` _ > (_'-----------------------------------------------'_) > (_.===============================================._) > > Another Child's View Of The Pilgrims... > > During the Renaissance America began. Christopher Columbus was a great > navigator who discovered America while cursing about the Atlantic. His > ships were called the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Fe. > > Later the Pilgrims crossed the Ocean, and the was called the Pilgrim's > Progress. When they landed at Plymouth Rock, they were greeted by > Indians, who came down the hill rolling their was hoops before them. > > The Indian squabs carried porposies on their back. Many of the Indian > heroes were killed, along with their cabooses, which proved very fatal > to them. > > The winter of 1620 was a hard one for the settlers. Many people died > and many babies were born. Captain John Smith was responsible for all > this. > .--.-. > ( ( )__ > (_, \ ) ,_) | > '-'--`--' ~~| , \ _ / > ,|`-._/| -== (_) ==- > ^^ .' | /||\ / \ > ^^ .' | ./ ||`\ | > / `-. |/._ || \ > / `|| `|;-._\ > | || || \ > ~^~_~^~_-~^~=~^~~^= / || ||__ \~^=~^~-~^~_~^~=~^~-~^~ > ~^~ ~=~^~ _~^~ =~ `--------|`---|| `"-`___~~^~ =_~^=~~^~=`~^ > jgs ~^~=~^_~^~ =~ \~~~~~~~'~~~~'~~~~/~~`` ~=~^~ ~^=_~^~ ~~^ > ~^~ ~^=~^~_~-=~^~ ^ `--------------'~^~=~^~_~^=~^~=~ ~^~-~^= > ~^~=~ ~^=~^~ ~^~^=~^~-~^~ ~^~=~^~^~ =~^~^=~^~^=~^~^ =~~`~^ > ~^~= ~^~= ~~^~~`=~``^~^^~= ~^=~^~^~^ =`^~^`^~^=~^~-~~^ > > > Phil Daley AutoDesk, Inc. Henniker, NH 03242 http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley