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Excerpt from The Pequot Indians: An Historical SketchThe Pequots were governed by a powerful Sachem, whom they idolized and regarded as all one God. Under his leadership they had become a terror to the neighboring tribes, with whom they had frequently been engaged in deadly hostilities.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of ...

Excerpt from History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut: From Its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, With a Genealogical Register of Stonington FamiliesHaving been frequently requested by my friends to write and publish a History of Stonington, from its first settlement in 1649 to the present time, has induced me to undertake the task of its compilation and in so doing have spared no labor of research into all of the a...

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Like many of the historical and genealogical books written during the 1800's and early 1900's, this work consists of two main sections: the "History of Stonington, " which consumes the book's first 200 pages, and concludes with the 500 page, "Genealogical Register of Stonington Families." Beginning with the original patents in 1631, the author summarizes the history of the town, and addresses the development of the various facets of society, s...

Excerpt from The Pequot Indians: An Historical Sketch Gov. Winthrop declined the offer, but Governor Winslow, of Plymouth, held the matter under consideration, and soon after visited the place, and on his return home gave a glowing description of its fertility, which tempted many a Puritan to leave his sterile home at Plymouth and explore this Indian paradise from the mouth of the river far back towards its sources. Meantime the shrewd and a...

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