Questioning the Violence in the Pequot War.
In May of 1637, the English settlers of Connecticut and the Pequots fought what is now known as the Pequot Wars. One of the two commanders for the Englishmen was Captain John Underhill. After the war, he soon published his account of the hostilities between the Pequots and the English settlers, titled News from America. Another account of the war is made by William Bradford, a colonial leader of Plymouth, and can be found in History of Plymouth Plantation. One of the issues often discussed of the Pequot War is the level of violence that the English used against the Pequots, especially in the attack against their village, led by Captain Underhill and Captain John Mason. While both Underhill and Bradford describe the events similarly, Bradford fails to raise or answer the question of violence against the Pequots, while Captain Underhill raises the issue and attempts to answer to the charge.
In his account, from History of Plymouth Plantation, William Bradford also describes the violent attack against the Pequot village, although he admits that it is only secondhand knowledge, for he was not there to witness it (41). He writes, "., others ran into their houses and brought out fire and set them on fire, which soon took in their mat; and standing close together, with the wind all away quickly on a flame, and thereby more were burnt to death than was otherwise slain" (41). This scene describes the English soldiers burning the homes of the Pequots. It also notes that many of the Pequots were burnt, more so even than the number of Pequots who were killed fighting the English. Bradford also describes the burning Pequots as a "sweet sacrifice", an allusion to the Old Testament practice of sacrificing and burning animals in honor of God (41). .
In John Underhill's account, News from America, Captain Underhill describes from a first hand perspective.
As the more colonists arrived to the New World, hostilities between the colonists and the Natives grew, later leading to the Pequot War. ... The few remaining males of the Pequots were systematically executed. ... The Pequot name was later removed from all of New England's maps so that there was no recollection of their existence Statistics largely support the case of genocide against the Natives. ...
As the more colonists arrived to the New World, hostilities between the colonists and the Natives grew, later leading to the Pequot War. ... The few remaining males of the Pequots were systematically executed. ... The Pequot name was later removed from all of New England's maps so that there was no recollection of their existence Statistics largely support the case of genocide against the Natives. ...
As the more colonists arrived to the New World, hostilities between the colonists and the Natives grew, later leading to the Pequot War. ... The few remaining males of the Pequots were systematically executed. ... The Pequot name was later removed from all of New England's maps so that there was no recollection of their existence Statistics largely support the case of genocide against the Natives. ...
The Pequot War, Paxton Boys, King Phillip's War, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the Wessagusset Colony are all included too. ... This revenge infuriated the Pequots, who in turn killed a few English farmers. ... The combined force surprised a gathering of the Pequots, and they set a fire in which over 400 Pequots died. ... It was only because one group attacked another group because they wanted to get back stimulated the Pequot War and King Phillip's war. ... The Pequot War was the first major war fought between the Europeans and the Native Americans. ...
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John Winthrop writes about the Pequot War with the Indians of the land. In this war, as was the case in many others that were in the region, the English only were defending themselves from the Indians. ... The Pequot aggressively challenged the English by recruiting the Narragansetts to side with them. However, when the Narragansetts decide to side with the English, the two groups attacked the Pequot tribe. ... The change began when a civil war broke out between parliament and the monarchy. ...
The Puritans sought after the Pequots, one of the largest and most dominant tribes. Unlike the other tribes, the Pequots had built two villages- one at Weinshauks and the other at Mystic. ... The emotions kept rising between the Pequots and the Puritans, and on May 26, 1637, the English decided that it was time to end their war with the Pequots, and attacked their village at Mystic. ... In May 1830, nearly two hundred years after the war with the Pequots, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which forced the tribes into territory west of the Mississippi. ... In 1666 the English gave the P...
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