USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The longest engagement of the Pequot War, and in retaliation for Endicott’s attack on the Manisses and Pequot villages, the Pequot laid siege to Saybrook Fort from September 1636 through mid-April 1637.

Detailed explanation-2: -The murders of English traders are often cited as the cause for the Pequot War; however, these deaths were the culmination of decades of tension between Native tribes further stressed by the arrival of the Dutch and English.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Pequot War The narratives of the Mystic massacre/battle written by John Underhill, John Mason and Philip Vincent are all consistent with this depiction of the massacre/battle. The fort is located on the top of Pequot Hill in Groton approximately ¼ west of the Mystic River.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the Pequot War, an allied Puritan and Mohegan force under English Captain John Mason attacks a Pequot village in Connecticut, burning or massacring some 500 Native American women, men and children.