Since the Metoac were the source of the best wampum in the Northeast, the tribute the Pequot received annually afterwards from the Long Island tribes made them rich and powerful. Meanwhile, a people which the Pequot would call the "Owanux" had made their first appearance.

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.

Oct 5, 2017 · Wampum was white or purple beads and discs fashioned from two shells: the white beads from the whelk, a sea snail with a spiral shape, and the quahog, a clam with purple and white coloring. Quahogs are found in the waters from Cape Cod south to New York, with a great abundance in Long Island Sound.

May 14, 2018 · The Pequot dressed in buckskin clothing suitable to the colder climate of Connecticut. A favorite decoration was wampum beads. Whereas in other Northeastern tribes only important people adorned themselves with wampum, it was common for nearly everyone in the Pequot tribe to wear wampum ornaments.

“Wampum was white or purple beads and discs fashioned from two shells: the white beads from the whelk, a sea snail with a spiral shape, and the quahog, a clam with purple and white coloring. Quahogs are found in the waters from Cape Cod south to New York, with a great abundance in Long Island Sound.

Pequot War, war fought in 1636–37 by the Pequot people against 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.

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.

Nov 20, 2012 · Wampum are the small cylindrical beads made from quahog or whelk shells. Both shells produce white beads, but only parts of the quahog produce purple beads. Wampum was used as Native American jewelry, for recording special events or as a form of currency by the Northeast Woodland tribes and the tribes of the Great Lakes.

Sep 16, 2022 · The Pequot War was the first time English colonists fought a war against Indian tribes in New England. The war started in 1634 when trader John Stone was killed by Western Niantic Indians. The war officially ended when the Treaty …

Oct 22, 2009 · The English efforts to break the Dutch-Pequot control of the fur and wampum trade, while the Pequot attempted to maintain their political and economic dominance in the region. Particular events which have often been cited as the cause for the Pequot War are the murders of English traders.