What Happened in 1637

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more