The First Thanksgiving

We often look at paintings of various artists renditions of the 1st  Thanksgiving, and draw conclusions from those paintings...that is how it was...yet here is some info I have gathered that may have a different perspective on...the way the "1st Thanksgiving went down":

 1. There were at least 90 Native American warriors at this event, and with others from the Wampanoag tribe probably well over 100 people from their village.
2. There were 53 "Pilgrims", who at that time were actually called "Separatists", which was in reference to their beliefs that were contrary to the Church of England. They really weren't called "Pilgrims" until some 50 years later.
3. The Separatists were seeking religious freedom and that is why they came to the New World on the ship...the Mayflower. Many were under persecution from the English government and had found refuge in the Netherlands prior to their voyage to America.
4. The 1st Thanksgiving really wasn't referred to as "Thanksgiving". It was regarded as a "Harvest Festival", a long tradition even at that time and could be traced to  some pagan roots. Typically this was a time where people, particularly of the northern European region would gather in their livestock and crops for the year and appeal to "the gods" for help to survive the cold winter that lied ahead. It was recorded that as many as 50% of a local village population could perish before the warmth of Spring arrived. 
5. A Separatist did have thanksgiving days, but it was with a small "t", and were actually days given to prayer and fasting. George Washington makes this comment in his first acknowledgement of Thanksgiving in 1789.
6. The "First Thanksgiving" was at least a 3 day affair. Native American customs were of such that celebrations of this nature were much longer, a time to enjoy the each other in a sense of community.
7. The Separatists didn't really wear the black clothes, big buckles, hats, etc as we see depicted in artists drawings. The men had button down shirts, breeches (pants to the knees tied by ribbons or strings), "blouses" (kind of like a modern day sweatshirt), tall stockings, and either stocking caps or floppy felt hats.
 Women wore ankle length skirts of solid colors, bonnets to keep their hair clean, aprons to keep their dresses clean, and the colors varied. Because of the influence of living in the Netherlands, dresses could be purple,yellow, reds, or other colors...much like we see from the Dutch flower...the tulip. The "black look" for both men and women did not come until later.
8. Nor did the Native Americans of the Wampanoag tribe come in full headdresses. They were more of a simple deerskin and their hair simply tied back.
9. Although the alliance between the Wampanoag tribe and the Separatists happen at this occasion, it did not last. Squanto, the "mediator" between the tribe and the English, died the next year in 1622 from "the fever". Tensions between the two began to escalate  in the 1630's and it was an all out war by the 1670's. The Colonists eventually defeated the Wampanoag tribe.
10. Fish was a major contributor to the meats of this "1st Thanksgiving", along with deer, pheasant, and wild turkey.