The Pequots in Southern New England: The Fall and Rise of an American Indian Nation

by Laurence M. Hauptman and James D. Wherry

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Before their massacre by Massachusetts Puritans in 1637, the Pequots were preeminent in southern New England. Their location on the eastern Connecticut shore made them important producers of the wampum required to trade for furs from the Iroquois. They were also the only Connecticut Indians to oppose the land-hungry English. For those reasons, they became the first victims of white genocide in colonial America. Despite the Pequot War of 1637, and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0806125152

ISBN13:9780806125152

Release Date:March 1993

Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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17th Century Americas History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Native American Native American Studies Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics State & Local

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