There can be countless recordings of the same event, and while each recording is often different, there are also incidents in which one must know each recording to reconstruct what really happened. The story of the first Thanksgiving takes place in 1621 and is generally known as a meal shared between the Pilgrims and the Indians. For the pilgrims, it was a harvest festival, much like the one they would have had in England. To the Indians, this was a show of hospitality by the pilgrims, similar to what they would expect when visiting another Indian tribe. By just saying that, we can already see that there are already two very different stories of the same event recorded. Perhaps more interesting are the different eyewitness accounts of two pilgrims and a History Channel documentary about the same events. The first eyewitness we are interested in was a man named Edward Winslow. Winslow was perhaps best known for his diplomatic work between the Pilgrims and many Indian tribes. Winslow's description of the first Thanksgiving recounts a joyous time, when the Pilgrims and Indians feasted and hunted together. It is mentioned in his description that there was a large amount of food, in contrast to the harshness of the previous year. It particularly highlights the presence of Massasoit, the chief of the Indians, who, with his ninety men, was welcomed by the pilgrims for three days. William Bradford, another eyewitness to the first Thanksgiving, was the governor. from Plymouth Colony. He had been elected earlier in 1621, after the sudden death of the previous governor. Bradford's account relates that after a terrible disease destroyed nearly half of the Pilgrims the previous winter and spring, the... middle of paper ... from a mixture of Winslow's archives and Bradford of the time, and also that Desperate Crossing shows the tension that would have actually existed between English and Indians at the time. Winslow is the one who makes mention of Massasoit and his Indians, while Bradford details in detail the various tasks performed by the Pilgrims. Each account of the first Thanksgiving gives a slightly different view - perhaps covering the gaps in each - which, when pieced together, gives us a much better picture of what it was really like in 1621. In many cases of multiple accounts, people tend to choose one over the other, based on which source seems more credible. The overlap between Bradford's and Winslow's stories, along with the visual details provided by Desperate Crossing, results in what I believe to be the most accurate depiction of the first Thanksgiving..