What happens is they realize they're in trouble. It's already snowing. They've got to quickly build some houses. They got to get to it.

But they've got to have a bunch of guys who they'd really rather have been doing labor on the houses standing guard because they can see natives in the tree line.

They can see natives watching them.

Finally, a big tall Indian. He was about 6'4, which is my height. I'm considered tall in this area, so he must have been really tall to these short Englishmen.

He strode out from the trees, walked up to the person he thought was in charge, greeted him in English, and then asked if he had a beer.

Now, that's the exact truth. That's what happened. And that's,

that relationship eventually saves them. Is there another English-speaking Indian on the entire continent?

Probably not. Not that we know it, not that we have any record of. So I, I, I understand,

maybe public school teachers not wanting to talk about beer when it comes to the

Indians, but I think it's stunning that I think in the providence of God, these people are met by an

English-speaking Native American. I think that's one of the great connections in history. I know.

I know.

Welcome to the aggressive life. It's Dirt. I'm your producer, and it it's Thanksgiving week and I'm thankful to get to spend a little bit of it with you.

Now, no, you probably got your own Thanksgiving traditions. I've also got mine and one of my Thanksgiving traditions actually involves this podcast.

Back in 2021, Brian had his friend and biographer historian Stephen Mansfield on the show to talk through the spiritual history of Thanksgiving. Now listen, I'm a public school kid. I did

well in history classes. I learned a lot about Thanksgiving, but the things that Steven said,

honestly, I had never heard this before.

They blew my mind.

And they opened up my eyes to just how much God's fingerprints are all over this holiday.

So every year, whether I'm out in the yard, raking leaves, or I'm smoking the turkey for dinner or doing some chores, I make it a point to

re-listen to this podcast because I want to keep this information fresh in my mind.

And so this year, there's no better time to roll it back out for you.

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