The very first Thanksgiving [eBook - NC Kids Digital Library] : Pioneers on the Rio Grande

Twenty-three years before the Mayflower arrived in New England, a thanksgiving feast was held near the present-day El Paso by the members of the Onate expedition. Ages 7-12. When fourteen-year-old Manuel and his younger brother join a difficult expedition through the Southwest desert to the Rio Grande in 1598, their comical trained goat is instrumental in helping them survive.