My First Thanksgiving
I am Waheen. My tribe is the Wampanoap tribe that lives by the ocean, and surrounded by forest. I am twenty years old and I have three young children. All of them are sons, and they are very active. Over a season ago, some White people settled down the river from our village. This morning, we heard many of the guns that these settlers carry go off over and over. It made the children cry and scared us all. Our chief gathered 90 warriors and some of us women to cook for the men. We set off in many canoes for the two hour trip to the settlement of the White people.
The men had their bows and arrows and were ready to fight. As we got closer we could see the men running around and hollering and shooting their
I am Waheen. My tribe is the Wampanoap tribe that lives by the ocean, and surrounded by forest. I am twenty years old and I have three young children. All of them are sons, and they are very active. Over a season ago, some White people settled down the river from our village. This morning, we heard many of the guns that these settlers carry go off over and over. It made the children cry and scared us all. Our chief gathered 90 warriors and some of us women to cook for the men. We set off in many canoes for the two hour trip to the settlement of the White people.
The men had their bows and arrows and were ready to fight. As we got closer we could see the men running around and hollering and shooting their