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Quotation from Mourt's Relation by William Bradford and Edward Winslow
“many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king, Massasoyt, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted ; and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation, and bestowed on our governor, and upon the captain and others.”
Mourt's Relation, Letter of 11 December 1621 (Young 1841 typography, harvest letter collated)
Winslow names Massasoyt and about ninety men as guests for three days, and he records the five deer they brought to the plantation.
Citation: "many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king, Massasoyt, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted ; and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation, and bestowed on our governor, and upon the captain and others." — William Bradford and Edward Winslow, Mourt's Relation, Letter of 11 December 1621 (Young 1841 typography, harvest letter collated). (id mourts-relation-q3)
