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THE PEQUOTS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. The Fall and Rise of an American Indian NationTHE PEQUOTS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. The Fall and Rise of an American Indian Nation. By Laurence M. Hauptman, James D. Wherry. Paperback, 1993, Biblio., Index, 288 pp.
Before their massacre by Massachusetts Puritans in 1637, the Pequots were preeminent in southern New England. Their location on the eastern Connecticut shore made them important producers of the wampum required to trade for furs from the Iroquois. They were also the only Connecticut Indians to oppose the land-hungry English. 'This volume explores the many challenges to Pequot identity and the ways that identity persisted over the centuries. It stands as a remarkably successful blending of work done by archaeologists, ethnographers, and historians, placing Pequot life and culture in a wider context and making important contributions to Northeast Woodlands native history. '-James P. Ronda NE-10 |