On a hilltop above stood a quiet tribute to the American Indians who helped the starving Pilgrims survive. Few people bother to visit the statue of Ousamequin — the chief, or sachem, of the ...

Either way, Native American farming practices helped save Pilgrims from starving to death. In November 1621, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag celebrated the colonists’ first successful corn harvest. The ...

The Pilgrims still had to conquer the desolate wilderness and establish their settlement. And they still had to survive their first winter, which has come to be known as “the starving time.” ...

Each Thanksgiving a few liberal and conservative columnists spar over whether America’s first European colonists were starving to death ... Actually, the Pilgrims were in dire need at the ...

But thinking like that nearly destroyed this nation before it began. The Pilgrims at Plymouth didn't share a feast with Indians after arriving in 1620 because America was so filled with bounty.

The first Thanksgiving was actually celebrated on February 21, 1621, when a band of starving pilgrims at Plymouth Rock were saved at the last minute by the arrival of a ship from Dublin bearing ...

Establishing the colony was a brutal exercise. The Pilgrims endured ""the starving time,"" and had to secretly bury bodies ""so the Indians should not suspect how much the settlement was weakened."" ...

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Overlooking the chilly waters of Plymouth Bay, about three dozen tourists swarmed a park ranger as he recounted the history of Plymouth Rock — the famous symbol of the ...