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Category: Pequot Massacre

Puritan colonizers under Captain John Mason and their Mohegan and Narragansett allies set ablaze the Pequot Fort near the Mystic River in Connecticut. May 26, 1637.

May 26, 2024

1600s, Connecticut, History Daily, John Mason, Mystic River, Pequot Massacre, Puritans, The Pequots

1600s, Connecticut, History Daily, John Mason, Mystic River, Pequot Massacre, Puritans, The Pequots

Category: Pequot Massacre

Puritan colonizers under Captain John Mason and their Mohegan and Narragansett allies set ablaze the Pequot Fort near the Mystic River in Connecticut. May 26, 1637.