We should not invent an answer.

But we should not erase the contradiction either.

The Myth Of The “Last Patuxet”

Tisquantum is often called the last of the Patuxet.

The phrase is emotionally powerful, but historians caution against treating it as a simple proven fact.

The epidemic devastated Patuxet, and Tisquantum returned to find the village largely empty.

English sources identified him as a Native of Patuxet.

But the idea that every other person connected to Patuxet had died is difficult to prove absolutely.

People moved between communities through marriage, kinship, refuge, adoption, and political relationships.

Survivors of epidemics could relocate.