Pequot
a member of a powerful tribe of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War.
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According to the Plymouth governor William Bradford, armed soldiers surrounded the Pequot village and set it on fire.
The ‘First Thanksgiving’ Story Covers Up the All Too Real Violence in Early America | Peter C. Mancall | November 24, 2021 | TimeWilliam Apess, a Pequot historian, condemned the treatment of his ancestors.
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Monopoide, a Pequot, noted for his swiftness, pursued in such a way as to force the chief to cross or be caught.
The Indian: On the Battle-Field and in the Wigwam | John FrostThe settlers also angered them by purchasing lands from the Mohegans, and ignoring the Pequot chiefs.
The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene BoltonIt was but twelve miles from the ford to the first Pequot fort on the banks of the Mystic.
King Philip | John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) AbbottHe then sailed for Pequot Harbor, where a warrior of the army under Sassacus came out in a canoe to demand who the intruders were.
Famous Indian Chiefs | Charles H. L. JohnstonHe, therefore, first sailed down to the Pequot (Thames) River, and pretended to land at its mouth.
Famous Indian Chiefs | Charles H. L. Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for Pequot
/ (ˈpiːkwɒt) /
plural -quot or -quots a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in S New England
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
Origin of Pequot
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