[105]I. e., Boston Harbor. [106]Presumably, the Abnaki, an Algonquian tribe of eastern Maine. [107]Presumably, the widow of Nanepashemet. [108]The following appears to be a covering letter which may have accompanied the manuscript journal when it was sent from Plymouth. Perhaps the “loving and old friend” of the author is George Morton, who presumably edited the relations for publication. See Introduction. [109]The _Fortune_, first to follow the _Mayflower_. [110]I. e., the preceding five narratives. [111]The following is the earliest description of the first Thanksgiving. The dates are not specified, nor is there specific mention of turkeys as comprising part of the feast, although they doubtless did. [112]The author here probably refers to the following document which was printed in 1669, in Morton’s _New England’s Memorial_: “September 13, Anno Dom. 1621. “Know all men by these presents, that we whose names are underwritten do acknowledge ourselves to be the loyal subjects of King James, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. In witness whereof, and as a testimonial of the same, we have subscribed our names or marks, as followeth: Ohquamehud, Cawnacome, Obbatinnua, Nattawahunt, Caunbatant, Chikkatabak, Quadequina, Huttamoiden, Apannow. [113]No such word occurs in either seventeenth-century English or local Indian languages. It is presumably a misprint for “Ile,” i.e., _isle_, referring to Martha’s Vineyard. [114]This also defies identification. Perhaps it is a misprint for _others_. [115]I.e., salad greens. [116]raspberries [117]Thirty-five new settlers arrived on the _Fortune_, of whom some had set out with the original party but had to return to Plymouth, England, with the disabled ship _Speedwell_. The newly arrived heads of family were (in alphabetical order): John Adams, William Basset, William Beale, Edward Bompasse, Jonathan Brewster, Clement Briggs, John Cannon, William Conner, Thomas Cushman, Stephen Dean, Philip de la Noye, Thomas Flavell, Widow Ford, Robert Hicks, William Hilton, Bennet Morgan, Thomas Morton, Austin Nicholas, William Palmer, William Pitt, Thomas Prence, Moses Simonson, Hugh Stacie, James Stewart, William Tench, John Winslow, William Wright. Also aboard was Robert Cushman who presumably carried the manuscript journal back to England with him on the _Fortune’s_ return trip a month later. [118]Bradford’s _Of Plymouth Plantation_ describes the _Fortune’s_ cargo as comprising beaver skins, clapboards, and sassafras, all of which was stolen by French privateers shortly before her arrival in London. [119]George Morton, to whom this letter was presumably written, did come with the next party, on the ship _Anne_. [120]advise [121]Presumably, Edward Winslow. See Introduction. [122]I.e., in England. [123]shyness