Near this site, on 8 december 1620, the Nauset tribe of the Wampanoag nation, seeking to protect themselves and their culture, had their first encounter with Myles Standish, John Carver, William Bradford, Edward Winslow, John Tilley, Edward Tilley, John Howland, Richard Warren, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Dotey, John Allerton, Thomas English, Master Mate Clark, Master Gunner Copin, and three sailors of the Mayflower company.