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Long Island Sound (United States) (search for this): entry pequod-war-the
New England (United States) (search for this): entry pequod-war-the
Pequod War, the
The most powerful of the New England tribes were the Pequods, whose territory extended from Narraganset Bay to Hudson River, and over Long Island.
Sassacus, their emreror, ruled over twenty-six native princes.
He was bold, cruel, cool, calculating, treacherous, haughty, fierce, and malignant.
Jealous of the friendship of the English for the Mohegans, and believing the garrison at the mouth of the Connecticut River would soon be strengthened and endanger his dominions, Sa annas westward, closely pursued.
The fugitives took refuge in Sasco Swamp, near Fairfield, where they all surrendered to the English excepting Sassacus and a few followers, who escaped.
A nation had perished in a day. That blow gave peace to New England for forty years. The last representative of the pure blood of the Pequods, probably, was Eunice Manwee, who died in Kent, Conn., about 1860, aged 100 years. Sassacus took refuge with the Mohawks, who, at the request of the Narragansets, cut of
Hudson River (United States) (search for this): entry pequod-war-the
Pequod War, the
The most powerful of the New England tribes were the Pequods, whose territory extended from Narraganset Bay to Hudson River, and over Long Island.
Sassacus, their emreror, ruled over twenty-six native princes.
He was bold, cruel, cool, calculating, treacherous, haughty, fierce, and malignant.
Jealous of the friendship of the English for the Mohegans, and believing the garrison at the mouth of the Connecticut River would soon be strengthened and endanger his dominions, Sassacus determined in 1636 to exterminate the white people.
He tried to induce the Narragansets and the Mohegans to join him. The united tribes might put 4,000 braves on the war-path at once, while there were not more than 250 Englishmen in the Connecticut Valley capable of bearing arms.
Sassacus undertook the task alone.
First his people kidnapped children, murdered men alone in the forests or on the waters, and swept away fourteen families.
A Massachusetts trading-vessel was seized by the I
Long Island City (New York, United States) (search for this): entry pequod-war-the
Pequod War, the
The most powerful of the New England tribes were the Pequods, whose territory extended from Narraganset Bay to Hudson River, and over Long Island.
Sassacus, their emreror, ruled over twenty-six native princes.
He was bold, cruel, cool, calculating, treacherous, haughty, fierce, and malignant.
Jealous of the friendship of the English for the Mohegans, and believing the garrison at the mouth of the Connecticut River would soon be strengthened and endanger his dominions, Sassacus determined in 1636 to exterminate the white people.
He tried to induce the Narragansets and the Mohegans to join him. The united tribes might put 4,000 braves on the war-path at once, while there were not more than 250 Englishmen in the Connecticut Valley capable of bearing arms.
Sassacus undertook the task alone.
First his people kidnapped children, murdered men alone in the forests or on the waters, and swept away fourteen families.
A Massachusetts trading-vessel was seized by the
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry pequod-war-the
Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry pequod-war-the
Fairfield, Vt. (Vermont, United States) (search for this): entry pequod-war-the
Block Island (Missouri, United States) (search for this): entry pequod-war-the
Carmans River (New York, United States) (search for this): entry pequod-war-the
Pequod War, the
The most powerful of the New England tribes were the Pequods, whose territory extended from Narraganset Bay to Hudson River, and over Long Island.
Sassacus, their emreror, ruled over twenty-six native princes.
He was bold, cruel, cool, calculating, treacherous, haughty, fierce, and malignant.
Jealous of the friendship of the English for the Mohegans, and believing the garrison at the mouth of the Connecticut River would soon be strengthened and endanger his dominions, Sassacus determined in 1636 to exterminate the white people.
He tried to induce the Narragansets and the Mohegans to join him. The united tribes might put 4,000 braves on the war-path at once, while there were not more than 250 Englishmen in the Connecticut Valley capable of bearing arms.
Sassacus undertook the task alone.
First his people kidnapped children, murdered men alone in the forests or on the waters, and swept away fourteen families.
A Massachusetts trading-vessel was seized by the
Mystick River (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry pequod-war-the