Disease had already become one of the most destructive consequences of contact.

This longer timeline changes how Plymouth should be viewed.

The settlers were newcomers to Patuxet, but Europeans were not entirely unknown.

Ousamequin’s caution was informed by prior experience.

Tisquantum’s expertise came from prior contact.

Samoset’s English came from prior contact with fishermen.

The Nauset remembered kidnappings and therefore had reasons for hostility.

The coast had already been transformed before the famous landing at Plymouth Rock entered national memory.

The Mayflower story begins too late if it begins with the Mayflower.

Tisquantum is the clearest proof.