The first Thanksgiving celebrated by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians was a big feast for over a hundred people.
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The Martha's Vineyard Indians were subject to the Wampanoag tribe, on the mainland, were expert watermen, and were very numerous when the whites first came.
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The original Thanksgiving occurred in the early 1600s when the American settlers and the Wampanoag Indians made peace and came together to share food and ideas.