Of Pilgrims and Indians

Of Pilgrims and Indians By Elton Camp In school we are taught a history filled with lies In order that American history be well sanitized The Pilgrims were a stern but gracious bunch Who invited the Indians in to share their lunch The Pilgrims were grateful to God to still be alive And that with the Indian’s help, winter did survive In their joy that they were still among the living, Fed the savage natives at the first Thanksgiving They thought themselves to be God’s chosen group That those evil heathen it was God’s will they dupe They were the new Canaanites in the promised land Who, unless they converted, suffered a stern hand In the name of Christ, they had every right to slaughter Any the rebellious Indians: man, wife, son or daughter The massacres of the Pequots are a very good example Of what the Indians could expect was only a sample Defenders of Pilgrims say that they were a hostile tribe Murderous and far more vicious than one could describe But, the Pequots were quite tranquil and living in peace When Pilgrims hunted them like animals did that cease It was in 1637, to the evil Pilgrim’s everlasting shame Set a village on fire & shot those who escaped the flame Before they set out with the intention to destroy a village They prayed to their Lord to direct them in their pillage To Indian captives, Pilgrims showed the extent of hate To murder wasn’t enough, so they enjoyed to mutilate So one Pequot man they literally tore limb-from-limb Until Captain Underhill showed mercy and shot him And by candid records written at that time, we’re told Captives they decided not to kill, into slavery they sold Other Indian tribes, to help, the Pilgrims did compel And demanded body part of victims as success to tell Some may teach we cannot know what motives they had But their conduct speaks for itself and is so terribly bad To viciously kill other people seemed to give them a thrill Then they made it worse by claiming that it was God’ will (The version of the Pilgrims we are taught is school is nearly a complete falsehood. An example of spinning history. Sorry to crush any childhood delusions.)