Suggestions for a Puritan-Free Thanksgiving [Anglican: humor]

conjectures of a guilty seminarian ^ | 11/24/2004 | Lee

[AlbionGirl]

This was cute. I liked this part, especially the part in bold:

All images of Puritanism must be excluded, including buckle-hats, blunderbusses, buckle-shoes, as well as all pewter.

[Unam Sanctam]

I'm sure Lord Baltimore's Catholics at St. Mary's in Maryland also gave some sort of Thanksgiving celebration.

[Mark in the Old South]

The Virginians predate Maryland by quite a few years, but then Mass-ass-achoosus predates Maryland as well.

By the way did you know Chesapeake is an Indian word for Mother of Waters, while the Spanish who set up two missions in the present area call the Bay the Bay of the Mother of God or the Bay of Saint Mary. The first mission was San Miguel of Guandape. The second mission was Axacan (or Ajacan) There is a movement to have the Jesuits of Ajacan canonized. The mission was unprotected because solders were sometimes a barrier to the conversion of the natives.

[Unam Sanctam]

I didn't know that. Thanks for the info! I used to live in Maryland and didn't know there was ever any Spanish settlements or missions in Maryland.

[Mark in the Old South]

Re: "...didn't know there was ever any Spanish settlements or missions in Maryland."

The Spanish missions were not in Maryland, they were in Virginia. One was a large mission of 600 or so people including "Negro" slaves (1526 or about that time). Only 150 survived and made it back to Hispaniola. It was named San Miguel de Guandape and located somewhere near the present Jamestown. The second was Axacan (somewhere on the Rappahonnock maybe near Fredricksberg) and had less then a dozen or so Jesuits (1571-2). One Indian from the area was native and trained in Spain named Don Luis he was part of the mission. He betrayed and organized the murder of the mission. Only one small boy survived and was hidden by a Chief. Most of the details are from his account. There is a legend that Don Luis was (I can not spell his name) the Indian Chief that replaced Powhatan and lead the attempted massacre on Jamestown in 1622. It is known Powhatan was not from the area and was very knowledgeable about the Christian faith.

There is a movement to have these Jesuits canonized Saints.