Contemporary accounts of this conflict were written by Philip Vincent and Lieutenant Lion Gardiner, who famously protested its unnecessary violence. Jonathan Brewster relayed a key message of a preemptive strike. It was partly prompted by an incident at the "House of Hope." There was a failed peace conference at Fort Saybrook which was later besieged, and there were nine casualties during a raid on Wethersfield. A raid on Block Island was led by John Endicott. This conflict, formally ended by the Treaty of Hartford, had been sparked by the murder of John Oldham. The My
Contemporary accounts of this conflict were written by Philip Vincent and Lieutenant Lion Gardiner, who famously protested its unnecessary violence. Jonathan Brewster relayed a key message of a preemptive strike. It was partly prompted by an incident at the "House of Hope." There was a failed peace conference at Fort Saybrook which was later besieged, and there were nine casualties during a raid on Wethersfield. A raid on Block Island was led by John Endicott. This conflict, formally ended by the Treaty of Hartford, had been sparked by the murder of John Oldham. The Mystic River Massacre saw John Mason kill a number of men under Sassacus, who was later scalped, which resulted in the Narragansetts abandoning their alliance. For 10 points, name this 1636-1638 conflict that pitted the namesake tribe against the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies.
Contemporary accounts of this conflict were written by Philip Vincent and Lieutenant Lion Gardiner, who famously protested its unnecessary violence.
Pequot War