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Monday , not wood working
Happy Thanksgiving this week. Not a woodworking question owing to the holiday. How did a can of peas in 1605, and Friars in Spain in 1614, and a Carver save the pilgrims of 1620-21? A good history story. Response Monday evening.
Re: Monday , not wood working
I hate to ruin your question but I do not think that there was any canned peas in 1605. The process of canning was not invented until 1795 with jars. Metal cans did not appear until 1810.
Re: Monday , not wood working
A Spanish Friar rescued Tisquantum (a.k.a. 'Squanto') from slavery. He went on to learn English and served as an interpreter for the colonists in Plymouth.
Not sure about the 1605 peas, but peas were part of a peace offering between Gov. John Carver and Massasoit. That would have been closer to 1620.
Answer, Early Morning Check
DB, cans can also be a cylintrical metal cup too. Apparently that is what caused the sequence events, not the two ended (then)lead sealed can as we think of it today.
Bill nailed it.
Full story on http://members.aol.com/calebj/squanto.html or just type to a Google "Squanto" or "Tisquantum".
Quickly, the return of a can lead to a kidnapping, which led to a trip to Europe, then to saving and further education by Spanish Friars, which eventually ended up as a treaty back in North America between John Carver and Massasoit, a Wampanoag indian, which lasted fifty years. The return of a cup led to a English speaking indian "Squanto" who taught the English what to eat, how to plant and where to fish etc., plus peace with the natives.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.