Those Pilgrims WORKED hard to build this country; and their descendants FOUGHT and risked their lives for our freedom and national security. There was nothing at all lazy or dishonest about those Pilgrims. And they didn't live lavish lifestyles. They spent 6-12 weeks at sea, just getting here. In the beginning, the Pilgrims were the ones who got ~along with the Indians (remember, the First Thanksgiving?). Relations with the Native tribes only deteriorated when certain European Governments and Corporations (ie, the Dutch, English, Spanish and French) interfered, for the purpose of CAPITALIZING off of them. The Pilgrims were good and wise people.