But the structural effect is clear: he was no longer the only person who could make himself indispensable by controlling translation.

That may have increased the stakes of his attempts to become powerful in his own right.

A man who had survived by being uniquely useful now faced the possibility of becoming replaceable.

The politics surrounding Plymouth were tightening around him.

The Atlantic Never Really Left His Story

Even after Tisquantum returned to New England, the Atlantic remained present in his life.

Plymouth existed because ships connected the settlement to England.

Supplies, investors, settlers, news, and commercial expectations moved across the ocean.

Fishing fleets continued to work northern waters.

European empires competed for access to the continent.