The Raymer enterprise., 1922-11-30
HAD FEAST OF
SPANISH STEW
Brave Burghers Of Dutch Town
Of Leyden Held Thanksgiv
ing in 1874.
Governor oradferd Has Testified That
the Pilgrims Followed "ths Laud-
able Custom Of holland"-Prop-
Or Tribute 70 Red Men.

After the laudable custom Of HOl.
land" Is Bradford's own description
Of one Of the many functions and even
Institutions introduced into America
and set to work at Plymouth. There
was nothing exclusive or selfish about
these beginners Of the American
Thanksgiving day Of 1921. They made
~ profession Of originality or the In
.nIon Of anything new. They were
as generous In their acknowledgment
of what the Indians furnished for their
feast ~ they were to their former
hosts for their courteous entreaty" re-
celved willie In the Dutch republic.
The red men taught the white how
to cultivate maize. 10 make sugar from
maple sap. to visualize the clans by
treading them up and out Of the sea
beach and. not least for economic sue
cess, to raise tobacco Dear Lady
Nicotine" enabled the Pilgrims to
send as q present to their Dutch
friends on Manhattan a fine sample Of
fuel for the pipe. In fact, tobacco
was their first paying crop for export.
It Is true that Washington Irving
and common tradition here distort
chronology and history for legend, but
It 10 Bradford's record that In the
North the Pilgrims were the first rails.
ers Of tobacco. In all probability, be-
sides the American Thanksgiving, II
was they who introduced the after.
dinner luxury Of the cigar.
II 10 highly probable also that, fol,
owing the turkey and possibly Gran
berries. and certainly without regard
to cuticle red or white, the feast end.
"a In smoker, followed by competi-
tive target practice between masters
of the bow and the blunderbuss.
These pious folks followed another
and very lsudable gastronomic Dutch
custom which during their ten years
stay In Leyden they had seen and en-.
joyed. The besleging Spaniards In
1874 were considerate enough to fur.
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creecsnt. caiieo 10 Dutcn q Half Moon,
WIN an inscription showing preference
W tne Iurk atnsr tnan the span
lard for their ruler After this sym
Dos OF vaior, DARING and freedom was
NE sn'p q henry HUDSON named.
II was the enterpris'ng boy U1soert
uofneiiisen VINO climbed out early 10
the morning over the wall to Ind thar
inc Spaniards nad evacuated every one
Of tne'r camps ana thslr d forts. Over
me ares was stswing the huts-puts,
Anshcisea q nodge-pooee. II was this
raeout OF meat ana vegetables smoking
moi put sun untasted which furnished
nee dinner On october !, the DAY OF
u MADE 2 nne ADDITION
rious Berrars The e.act snot ~ the
initial rescue and loaf tossing n
married. and tho original v.ter este
and masonry are still KENT In renair
Near BY stands the modern Hail az
Archives. IN which arr more contem.
porary documents Of the Pilsrims
maids SWANS. fathers and mothers
with their signatures than in All the
British isles
At once the Dutch made October 4
q Thanksgiving day BY going to church
Both the date and its signIfcapce are
still celebrated, with the eating not Of
turkey and cranberries but Of the
Spanish stew. After church all the
brides and bridegrooms Of the previous
II months ride In a gala procession Of
carriages through the city Of Leyden-
In New Netherlands Thanksgiving
day was also regular function an.
nounced by proclamation and observed
In both public and private life.