The Pequot (/ ˈ p iː k w ɒ t /) [2] are a Native American people of Connecticut. The modern Pequot are members of the federally recognized Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, four other state-recognized groups in Connecticut including the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation, or …

Nov 20, 2012 · Summary and Definition: The Pequot people were a fierce and powerful tribe of hunter-gathers and fishers who inhabited the southeastern coast of Connecticut from the Niantic river to Rhode Island, living along the Pequot (now Thames) and Mystic Rivers.

Sep 16, 2022 · The Pequot War was an armed conflict between the Pequot Indians and English colonists that took place from 1634–1638, in the Connecticut River Vally. The English won and nearly exterminated the Pequot.

The Pequot War was an armed conflict that took place in 1636 and ended in 1638 in New England, between the Pequot nation and an alliance of the colonists from the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their allies from the Narragansett and Mohegan nations. The war concluded with the decisive defeat of the Pequot.

Pequot War, war fought in 1636–37 by the Pequot people against a coalition of English settlers from the Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and Saybrook colonies and their Native American allies (including the Narragansett and Mohegan) that eliminated the Pequot as an impediment to English colonization of southern New England.

Mar 27, 2019 · Within an hour approximately 500 Pequot men, women, and children were killed outright; only seven were taken prisoner, and not more than a handful escaped with their lives.

Pequot, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who lived in the Thames valley in what is now Connecticut. The Pequot War (1636-37) fought against a coalition of English settlers and their Native American allies eliminated the Pequot as an impediment to English colonization of southern New England.

Englishmen including John Winthrop (and family), Thomas Hooker, Roger Williams, Thomas Stanton, and Captain John Mason are English Pequot War veterans, as well as political and military leaders of Colonial New England.

Mar 3, 2010 · On April 23, 200 Pequot warriors responded defiantly to the colonial mobilization by attacking a Connecticut settlement, killing six men and three women and taking two girls away.

Dec 18, 2023 · There are currently two Pequot Tribal Nations: Mashantucket (Western) and Paucatuck (Eastern). The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation resided in Connecticut and Massachusetts after the war. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is one of the only federally recognized tribes in Connecticut.