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t Bay to Hudson River, and over Long Island. Sassacus, their emreror, ruled over twenty-six native n be strengthened and endanger his dominions, Sassacus determined in 1636 to exterminate the white pConnecticut Valley capable of bearing arms. Sassacus undertook the task alone. First his people k by many Narragansets and Niantics, and while Sassacus was dreaming of the flight of the Europeans mhed the foot of the hill on which the fort of Sassacus stood—a circular structure strongly palisadcolumns. The Indian allies grew fearful, for Sassacus was regarded as all but a god. Uncas was firod souls were brought down to hell that day. Sassacus was not there; he was at another fort near the Thames, opposite the site of New London. Sassacus sat stately and sullen when told of the massacrthey all surrendered to the English excepting Sassacus and a few followers, who escaped. A nation hd in Kent, Conn., about 1860, aged 100 years. Sassacus took refuge with the Mohawks, who, at the req
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sassacus, (search)
Sassacus, Indian chief; born near Groton, Conn., about 1560; chief of the Pequod Indians, feared greatly by the settlers of the New England coast. In 1637 his tribe murdered several women at Wethersfield, and took two girls captive. On June 5, 1637, the colonists attacked the Pequod settlement on the Mystic River and won a victory. Sassacus, however, escaped to the Mohawks, by whom he was murdered the same month. Sassacus, Indian chief; born near Groton, Conn., about 1560; chief of the Pequod Indians, feared greatly by the settlers of the New England coast. In 1637 his tribe murdered several women at Wethersfield, and took two girls captive. On June 5, 1637, the colonists attacked the Pequod settlement on the Mystic River and won a victory. Sassacus, however, escaped to the Mohawks, by whom he was murdered the same month.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Uncas, 1588-1682 (search)
Uncas, 1588-1682 Mohegan chief; born in the Pequot Settlement, Conn., about 1588; was originally a Pequot sachem, but about 1635 he revolted against Sassacus and Uncas's monument. gathered a band of Indians who were known by the name of Mohegans, the ancient title of his nation. He joined the English in their war with the Pequots in 1637, and received for his services a portion of the Pequot territory. When the war was over, Uncas shielded many of the Pequots from the wrath of the English, and incurred the enmity of the colonists for a time; but the white people soon gave him their confidence, and treated him with so much distinction that jealous Indians tried to assassinate him. For this treachery Uncas conquered one of the sachems in Connecticut, and in 1643 he overpowered the Narragansets and took Miantonomoh prisoner. He died in what is now Norwich, Conn., in 1682. See Miantonomoh.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Connecticut, (search)
e approaches the Pequod fort on the evening of May 25, and next morning, at early light, he attacks and completely destroys it, together with about 600 Indians, men, women, and children, losing two killed and about twenty wounded......May 26, 1637 Court of Connecticut calls for forty more men for the war against the Pequods......June 26, 1637 Pequods attempt to escape into the wilderness westward. Captain Stoughton, with a Massachusetts company, pursues along Long Island Sound. With Sassacus, their sachem, the Pequods take shelter in a swamp near Fairfield, and after another severe fight surrender, but their sachem and a few followers escape......July 13, 1637 [These fled to the Mohawks, who treacherously murdered them. The prisoners were sold into slavery or incorporated with other tribes. There remained not a sannup nor a squaw, not a warrior nor a child. ] the Hector lands at Boston Rev. John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton, and Edward Hopkins......July 26, 1637 Mr. Ea