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... War William Augustus Mowry, Arthur May Mowry. SECTION III . COLONIAL WARS . ACCOUNTS of the Red Indians of America ... Pequot War " is to be found in vol . iii . of the third series of the Massachusetts Historical Society's Collections ...
... War William Augustus Mowry, Arthur May Mowry. SECTION III . COLONIAL WARS . ACCOUNTS of the Red Indians of America ... Pequot War " is to be found in vol . iii . of the third series of the Massachusetts Historical Society's Collections ...
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... War William Augustus Mowry, Arthur May Mowry. 1624. Virginia - Charter of London Company annulled . 1625. England ... Pequot War . 1638 . 1639 . Delaware - Settlement by the Swedes . Rhode Island -- Settlement at Newport . Connecticut ...
... War William Augustus Mowry, Arthur May Mowry. 1624. Virginia - Charter of London Company annulled . 1625. England ... Pequot War . 1638 . 1639 . Delaware - Settlement by the Swedes . Rhode Island -- Settlement at Newport . Connecticut ...
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... Pequot War . The first severe war that occurred between the English settlers and the Indians was in 1636 , and is known as the Pequot War . The Pequots were a savage tribe of Indians living mostly in Connecticut ( ¶ 64 ) . In June ...
... Pequot War . The first severe war that occurred between the English settlers and the Indians was in 1636 , and is known as the Pequot War . The Pequots were a savage tribe of Indians living mostly in Connecticut ( ¶ 64 ) . In June ...
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... Pequot War , and espe- cially King Philip's War , had brought about a chronic state of alienation and hostility between the two races . On the other hand , the French priests ... WAR . XX KING WILLIAM'S, QUEEN ANNE'S, AND KING GEORGE'S WARS.
... Pequot War , and espe- cially King Philip's War , had brought about a chronic state of alienation and hostility between the two races . On the other hand , the French priests ... WAR . XX KING WILLIAM'S, QUEEN ANNE'S, AND KING GEORGE'S WARS.
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... war had been an ex- pensive one . It had cost the colonies more than $ 15,000,000 . Only one - third of this sum was ... Pequot War . France Reign of Louis XIV . 1673. Great Lakes - Explored by Marquette and Joliet . 1675. New England ...
... war had been an ex- pensive one . It had cost the colonies more than $ 15,000,000 . Only one - third of this sum was ... Pequot War . France Reign of Louis XIV . 1673. Great Lakes - Explored by Marquette and Joliet . 1675. New England ...
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