Category Archives: Mohegan

The 1637 Pequot War

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

One of the great things about blogging is that you get the opportunity to learn.  One of our subscribers, Steve, send me a note and said that he considered King Philip’s War to be the final war, not the first … Continue reading →

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King Philip’s War

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

King Philip’s War was sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom’s War, or Metacom’s Rebellion and was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day southern New England, English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–76. The war is named after … Continue reading →

Posted in Bermuda, Mohegan, Narragansett, Nipmuck, Pequot, Podunk, Pokanoket, Wampanoag | 1 Comment

Eleazor Wheelock and the Dartmouth Indians

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

Eleazar Wheelock (April 22, 1711 – April 24, 1779) was an American Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College. He was born in Windham, Connecticut to Ralph Wheelock and Ruth Huntington. He is the great-grandson of the first … Continue reading →

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Connecticut Indians in the Revolutionary War

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

Connecticut furnished nearly half of her male population to serve in the Revolutionary War.  Of the 33,000 men who served, 3500 were “of color” and of those about 600 can be identified as Indian.  The majority of Connecticut’s Indian soldiers … Continue reading →

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