Ep 116: The Pilgrims, Part 3 — Alliance, Divine Providence, and Thanksgiving

Harry and Rafe discuss this final third part of our series on the Pilgrims, covering interactions with the Native Americans, an alliance with Massasoit and the Pokanokets and the consequences of that treaty.Nathaniel Philbrick's book Mayflower is the basis for these episodes and provides generous insight and keen analysis to understanding the state of the world where the English Pilgrims encountered the Pokanokets and the other native New Englanders.This final installment discusses the building of treaty, increasingly friendly interactions between the people, some accidents of fate, and the eventual Fall Harvest festival which has become the basis for our Thanksgiving ritual.*****As always, you can reach the Buf at [email protected]*****As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee:https://buymeacoffee.com/bufnagleOn this page, you can do a really nice thing like send us a couple dollars to help cover the cost of recording and hosting and microphones and research and all that.  Any little bit really helps!  Thank you in advance!!!