CT History NewsSep 21, 2023

Today in #Connecticut History, September 21: A Punishing Treaty Ends the Pequot War

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September 21: A Punishing Treaty Ends the Pequot War

  Today in 1638, an “agreement between the English in Connecticutt and the Indian Sachems” of the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes was signed in Hartford, marking the end, at least …

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Today in #Connecticut History, May 26: The English Strike Back — Hundreds of Pequots Die at Mystic.

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May 26: The English Strike Back — Hundreds of Pequots Die at Mystic.

  Today in 1637, a month after a combined Pequot and Wangunk attack on the small colonial settlment of Wethersfield left nine dead and crippled the town’s food security, a group of 77 En…

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Today in #Connecticut History, May 1: The Deadly Pequot War Begins

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May 1: The Deadly Pequot War Begins

  Today in 1637, Connecticut colonists formally declared war against the Pequots, the Native American tribe whose territory covered some 250 square miles in southeastern Connecticut and Rhode …

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Today in #Connecticut History, April 23: Pequot and Wangunk Warriors Attack English Settlers at Wethersfield

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April 23: Pequot and Wangunk Warriors Attack English Settlers at Wethersfield

  For the English colonists who settled along the banks of the Connecticut River in the 1630s, life in the “New World” was anything but easy.  In addition to the challenges to food…

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C. Andrew DoyleNov 25, 2022
Let us remember The #Mashantucket #Pequots of the Algonquin and The #Wampanoag of #Noepe - these are only two of the first peoples upon whose land we stand. Let us remember them with honor, with sadness for what was done to them, for for wisdom about the rightful place of indigenous people in history and our country, and act with justice to all first people and creation. #Indigenous people need be remembered in the true light of history and cultural importance to our nation.