In 1620, a group of English settlers arrived in America in November and many died that first winter. The Wampanoag Indians taught the settlers how to plant corn and catch fish, allowing them to survive. The following autumn, the settlers had collected enough food to last the winter. As a thank you to the Wampanoag, the settlers invited them to a three-day feast, though cooperation was rare. Thanksgiving later became a national holiday in 1863 under President Lincoln.