Pequot
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The Mashantucket Pequots are a small Native American tribe in Connecticut which operates a successful casino.
The Mashantucket Pequots are only a remnant of the Pequots, most of whom were massacred in a genocidal war in 1637 by English troops. At the time of the war the Pequots outnumbered the British settlers in the area, dominated southern New England and presented a serious threat to the English, but with the help of Native American allies they were defeated
May 26, 1637 - English troops attacked a large Pequot village on the Mystic River in what is now Connecticut. The village was set on fire and the women and children were killed as they attempted to flee. One observer later wrote: "it was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire and the steams of blood quenching the same, and horrible was the stink and scent thereof," William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, page 296. In this and the succeeding campaign about 700 members of the tribe were killed including men taken captive. The tribe was disbanded and the survivors adopted by neighboring tribes.
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Further Reading
- Brett Duval Fromson, Hitting the Jackpot: The Inside Story of the Richest Indian Tribe in History, Atlantic Monthly Press, September, 2003, hardcover, 320 pages, ISBN 0871139049; hardcover, Gale Group, February, 2004, hardcover, 366 pages, ISBN 0786262117
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia articles, "Mashantucket Pequot" and Indian massacre" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashantucket_Pequots and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_massacre December 7, 2003
