Pequot Indian Massacre Essay

There was a meeting at Burnham Tavern to discuss if Jones was a man of his word when he committed to bringing lumber to Boston. The conclusion of the meeting was that Jones was telling the truth. When Jones was getting lumber later, he wanted the people of Machias to support him because he brought them needed food. People got mad and some rebels, Benjamin Foster and Jeremiah O'Brien, made a plan to capture Jones' crew. The rebels tried to capture the crew while they were in church, but Jones and his men escaped before it was too late.

Hostility grew as the Mesquakie began attacking any passing Frenchmen causing the fur trade to crumble. Starvation ran rampant through the tribes near Fort Detroit who were too scared to leave their villages. To the surprise of both the French and their Indian allies, the Mesquakie did not begin a war campaign, but rather one of

On February 12, 1675, Lancaster, New England was attacked by Native Americans. The English kept buying the Native Americans’ land, and would not allow them to hunt on their land. They were starving, so they began to fight for their land. During the attack, twelve people were killed and twenty-four people were captured. Mary and three of her children were among the twenty-four that were taken.

The army entered and stayed in Livingston county for 4 days. Within a short period of time they decided to scout out where the indian village was. The following morning they ended up at an abandoned indian village. While they headed back they encountered indians along the way and pursued them. They led him into an ambush of 800 indian.

In The first six months of the war, the Pequot, with no guns, have won all clashes against the Englishmen. Both sides showed a high degree of judgement, intellect, planning, and comprehension of the battlefield. The English had a difficult time adjusting fighting against the Native American formations, tactics, and weapons, while in New England, the Pequot had already seen European battle tactics,as they had fought with the Dutch in 1630s, as of a result which they had created tactics to battle the English. Before these had happened, the Pequot honed their skills of fighting, and tactics through battles of other Native American tribes. The English had superior technology such as muskets which had strong force, but the Pequots used terrain and their knowledge of their land to fight against them to their advantage.

Burning down everything the Pequot’s new and had, but the Pequot’s fought back. Shortly after the attack on the Pequot’s village almost 100 Pequot’s attacked the English men’s camp site and killed four of the men. The war continued even in the late months of 1637. The Pequot’s fought only with the weapons they could make. Once they noticed how the Englishmen’s guns were more crucial they tried to find out how to make gunpowder so that they could fight and win.

The English relations with the Powhatan Indians weren't so good from the start. There were a variety of differences in their culture, religion, and philosophies. After the uprise of Indians the colonists gave up attempting to live peacefully with them. Before the Pilgrims arrived an outbreak cleared the majority of the New England Indians. Some survivors assisted the colonists, but the relations ended when the Massachusetts Bay Puritans declared war on the tribe and Plymouth was involved in the

The colonists had no thought for the Natives who lived on the land, pushing aside their established residency and sharing it amongst themselves, ultimately placing the Natives at a state of second

Title: The Sand Creek Massacre Research Question: What were the reasons behind the gold rush in Colorado in the 19th century and the war atrocities committed by United States Government towards the culmination of the Sand Creek Massacre? Though Colorado was not yet a state in the 1950s, the gold prospects within the territories which were still under Kansas at the time led to an influx of emigrants in a land that was originally occupied by Native Indians. The Colorado gold rush to this day is considered to have been the largest in the United States in the 19th century forming an intricate description of the country’s history in general. Following the discovery of gold in 1859 thousands of people descended towards the Rocky Mountains of Colorado,

While reading the article "Teaching American Indian Studies to Reflect American Indian Ways of Knowing and to Interrupt Cycles of Genocide," it dawned on me that I am a non-Indian who has learned little to no information regarding American Indian culture. The little information I have gathered was either from an American textbook in elementary school or films like Pocahontas, which I assume does not depict the American Indian culture accurately. As I continued to read I was thinking that if American Indians are going to "function in mainstream culture" shouldn 't the culture they are mainstreaming into be knowledgeable about their culture? As a future teacher, I have learned that it is important for teachers to understand, appreciate and be

The Unredeemed Captive (1995), a non-fiction book by American author and historian John Putnam Demos, is the true story of a kidnapping that shocked colonial Massachusetts. In February 1704, during the French and Indian War, a Native war party descended on the village of Deerfield and abducted Puritan minister John Williams and his family. Although Williams was eventually released, his daughter shocked the colonials by choosing to stay with her captors, eventually marrying into the Mohawk tribe. Exploring themes of colonial politics, the complex relationship between colonists and the native population, and the religious dynamics of colonial America, The Unredeemed Captive was widely praised for its extensively researched narrative. It won the

xIs it wrong to kick someone out of their own home when they didn’t do anything wrong? The Cherokee was in that same situation. The Cherokees’ situation was just like taking a cell phone ,which is dear to a human, away. They were kicked off their own land. They had done nothing too bad, but the Georgians wanted them to leave.

1045 Words The Mountain Meadows Massacre Way back in 1857 the murders of 120 men, women,and variety of all ages of kids, in Southern Utah called Mountain Meadows. It was one of the four largest mass killings in United States History. These Arkansans were going through Southern Utah heading towards California. The first attack in a siege of five days with the wagon travelers fighting back.

The French-Indian War of 1754-1763 resulted in political, ideological, and economic alterations within Britain and its American colonies. The French and Indian War, also referred to as The Seven Years War, began with British and French conflicts across the Ohio River Valley, as both nations wanted to claim the land for themselves. The first blood of the French-Indian War began with multiple British failures, including Washington’s dreadful defeat at Fort Necessity and General Braddock’s failed attempt at conquering Fort Duquesne, in which he died along with two-thirds of his army (Document C). The British would, however, gain momentum in 1759 with multiple victories, including their most significant triumph, Quebec.

Furthermore they proceeded to their destination ( Fort William Henry), when they were on there destination they came across found the cabin burned and a lot of people dead, they didn’t take anything. As they found this cruel information about what happen one of the woman thought they should at least be buried but hawkeye said no for the mere fact that if they did the french and other indian would find their trail. the french and indian fought the british and the colonial militia at a fort , Major Duncan Heyward, Hawkeye and alice and cora meet with the father of alice and cora (Colonel Munro). When they get there Major Heyward is talking to Colonel Munro when they discuss the issues regarding the french, as they Munro tells Heyward that they outgunned and outnumbered. Then hawkeye tells Munro that the cabin was burned and that all of them were murdered, as Munro receive this news he didn’t care and tells them to leave, he only cares about the battle