Pequot War:

The Pequot war was fought between English settlers from Connecticut, Massachusetts, the Saybrook colonies, and their Native American allies (Narragansett and Mohegan Tribes.) in 1636 and 1637 against the Pequot tribe, where the English tried to break the Pequot-Dutch control of the wampum and fur trade while the Pequot Tribe tried to maintain their political power and economic dominance.

A secondary reason which led to the war was when the Pequot tribe murdered English traders. John stone an English trader was murdered along with his crew in the Connecticut River in the summer of 1634. Yet, the Pequot had provided reasons for their death and they felt that their actions were justified but the English could not let the death of the English traders under the had of the natives go unpunished.

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A large force of Pequot warriors attacked English settlers at Wethersfield along their journey to their fields at the Great Meadow along the Connecticut River on April 23, 1637. The Pequot were able to kill 9 men and women and capture two girls. Before the Attack, in Wethersfield, the state of Connecticut did not believe they had a reason to start a full-scale war on the Pequot. As a result of the attack, Connecticut announced war on the Pequot on May 1, 1637. Captain John Mason was given command of Connecticut force of 90 soldiers, he was provided with instructions to attack the Pequot villages at Mistck and Weinshauks. After the battle at Mistck Fort where 400 Pequot men, women, and children were killed, both sides were exhausted not only physically but also their supplies and ammunition.

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The Pequot war ended on block island. Israel Stoughton was pursuing the refugee of Pequot on August 1, 1637. He sailed to Block Island with a few men, pursing satisfaction from the Manisses. Several Manisses were killed by Stoughton then the Manisses submitted to the English authorities. Officially the war ended on September 21, 1638, when The Treaty of Hartford was signed by the English and their allies the Mohegan and Narragansett. The treaty stated that any surviving Pequot shall not call themselves Pequot anymore and they shall be distributed among the Mohegan and Narragansett tribes. In addition, the Pequot survivors will never be allowed to live in their former territory.

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