American thanksgiving (Thanksgiving) origin

Interesting is, in be full of dangerous expedition this, all explorer have one person death only. But because a baby was born in journey, make reach American person neither more nor less than, remain 102. Immigrant is devotional follower of a religion, hand of all without exception delimits crossed, thank sacred favor heartily.

Now, appear before them, it is a new land completely, winding and labyrinthian coasting, appear become silent, desolate. Accordingly, it is about inside a month, emigrant people not dare rushed draw close the shore, still be the home with the boat. During this, they expedited patrol, take a boat to seek resident ground in along the line of bay of division heart horn. A day, awaiting anxiously in everybody when, patrol returns a report to say, they discovered one suits immigrant people live, true “ heaven ” . The harbor of general benefit Mao Si that “ heaven ” is today, this is a natural fine harbor, suit to spent date anchor in May very much. There is an admirable fishing ground near haven, can offer many sea product. Nearby continuous fluctuant hill, resemble a natural protective screen, surround this land rise. Below bright sunshine, writtened guarantee glacial brook is reflexing glittering and translucent burnish, can be immigrant people provide enough fresh water. Reclaim the fecund cultivated land that cross, arranging shipshapely together together. Besides, although,they still saw broken, however enough block wind take shelter from rain, the building …… that helps them spend severe winter looks, everything is pretty good, and cannot again good. Make them exclusively feel perplexed is, this has the land with human vestigial life everywhere, cannot see a people actually, a smoke from kitchen chimneys, appearing is desolate in that way, those who pour seem to prepare for them beforehand is same. Just know later, a Yindian that flourishs quite is so here dorp. The smallpox a few years ago is popular, whole village person does not have one escape by sheer luck, this ability makes it became the optimal home of this group of exotic rover.

After a few days, beautiful in May date overshot bay of division heart horn, in general benefit Mao Si harbor is cast dismantled anchor chain. Emigrant people when delimiting cockboat is landed, according to old nautical tradition, ascended the big rock on face of a topping Yu Hai above all. The gun salute on beautiful in May date is plangent, voice noisy and confused, celebrate what the new student lives to begin jointly. Later, this reef is called ” of Mao Sishi of “ general benefit, become America new england the historical testimony of the first permanent colony.

Nevertheless, for happy to these longing immigrant, not good the first winter. From the brisk cold wind that blows on Atlantic, in sky like the devil hoarse cries, the ice and snow of all over the sky, flapping flintily pallet housing. In this one a world of ice and snow, emigrant people lack necessary equipment, also lack the experience that lives on this land. Below the weigh of busy labor, many people are tired fell, tired disease, abominable food, what bear hard is freezing, make more people fall down not to rise. Following one by one contagion, divest the life of a lot of people. Go winter, have gone through 1000 difficult 10 thousand danger come to 102 to American emigrate, remained 50 only. Almost everyday somebody is gone, have every day almost or a few are making funeral arrangement. The joy when just setting foot on this land was done not have. Everybody, mind, be enveloped by the atmosphere place of a kind of all-time despair. A dream, fond dream of a firm inchoate, was broken so? Everybody is pondering.
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