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The Wampanoag

The Wampanoag
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     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 3 to 4
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   4.78

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    camps, explorer, council, mats, feast, lasted, peace, longer, dislike, chief, meant, fearless, captain, remove, shore, pack
     content words:    Native Americans, Cape Cod, Captain Thomas Hunt

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The Wampanoag
By Mary Lynn Bushong 		  
1     The Native Americans who celebrated the first Thanksgiving feast with the Pilgrims were the Wampanoag (Wam-pa-no-ag). Their name meant "people of the dawn."
 
2     These people would spend the spring and summer near the shore. Their homes were wooden frames covered in reed mats. When the summer was over, they would remove the mats and pack everything up. Then they would move to the winter camps away from the water under the shelter of the forests.
 
3     In the summer they grew corn, beans, and pumpkins. They also gathered berries and nuts. The Wampanoag were very good fishermen too.

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