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Across 2. English speaking Wampanoag who helped the Pilgrims 4. Indian corn eaten by the Pilgrims 6. The pilgrims originally had a charter for _______ 9. _____ Massasoit (Wampanoag leader) 11. Amino acid that makes you feel sleepy after eating the traditional Thanksgiving Day meal entree 14. One who chose to separate from the Church of England 16. _______ colony, commune established by the Pilgrims in 1620 17. Pilgrim's boat that made it to America 18. William _______ wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation" 19. Male turkey 20. Mayflower ______, governing document of the colony 21. According to legend the Pilgrims first set foot on Plymouth ______ 22. Pilgrim ship that had to be left in England 23. Meat consumed at the first Thanksgiving in 1621

Down 1. Native american corn fertilizer 3. Disease that had diminished the Wampanoag population before the Pilgrims arrived 5. NYC department store and parade host 7. People who had already been inhabiting the land when the Pilgrims arrived (2 words) 8. President who declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863 10. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the ________ Thursday of November 12. Country where the Pilgrims lived before coming to Plymouth 13. Thanksgiving Day game 15. Ocean the Pilgrims sailed 19. Benjamin Franklin wanted to make this the national bird 20. ______ Cod (where the Mayflower came to rest on November 11, 1620)