 Arriving at Wessagusset , Standish found that many of the Englishmen had gone to live with the Massachusett . Standish ordered them to be called back to Wessagusset . The day after Standish 's arrival , Pecksuot , a Massachusett warrior and leader of the group threatening Wessagusset , came to the settlement with Wituwamat and other warriors . Standish claimed simply to be in Wessagusset on a trading mission , but Pecksuot said to Hobbamock , " Let him begin when he dare ... he shall not take us unawares . " Later in the day , Pecksuot approached Standish , looking down on him , and said , " You are a great captain , yet you are but a little man . Though I be no sachem , yet I am of great strength and courage . " 
