Events That Happened in 1637

1637 Events

1637 Apr 23 Wongunk Chief Sequin Attacks Wethersfield with Assistance from Pequot
Through the fall and winter, Fort Saybrook was effectively besieged. Any who ventured outside were killed. As spring arrived in 1637, the Pequot stepped up their raids on Connecticut Colo...
1637 May 26 The Mystic Massacre
Believing that the English had returned to Boston, Massachusetts, the Pequot sachem Sassacus took several hundred of his warriors to make another raid on Hartford. But John Mason had only...
1637 Jun Narragansetts Allied with Pilgrims Trick Pequots into Capture by Massachusetts Troops
The slaughter at Mystic broke the Pequot, and deprived them of their allies. Forced to abandon their villages, the Pequot fled -- mostly in small bands-- to seek refuge with other souther...
1637 Jul 13 Pilgrims Catch and Defeat Remaining Pequot, Although Some, Including Chief Sassacus, Escape
In mid-June, John Mason set out from Saybrook with 160 men and 40 Mohegan scouts under Uncas. They caught up with the refugees at Sasqua, a Mattabesic village near present-day Fairfield, ...
1637 Aug Chief Sassacus and His Brother are Killed by Mohawks, Their Scalps Presented to Pilgrims as Peace Offerings
Sassacus and his followers had hoped to gain refuge among the Mohawk in present-day New York. However, the Mohawk had seen the display of English power and chose instead to kill Sassacus ...