On April 23, 1637, approximately 200 Pequot warriors attacked Wethersfield, Connecticut, killing nine English settlers and destroying livestock in response to the expanding colonial presence threatening their food supplies and territorial control. Though smaller than Virginia's Jamestown massacre, this raid triggered the brutal Pequot War, culminating in the May 1637 Mystic River Massacre where colonial forces and Native allies killed roughly 500 Pequots and virtually eliminated the tribe. Recen

Today marks the 387th anniversary of the Pequot Massacre at Mystic Fort, a pivotal battle during the Pequot War. Before dawn on May 26, 1637, European forces and their Native allies slaughtered hundreds of our ancestors at our village in Mystic. While there were other battles, this one is particularly remembered as the Pequot Massacre or the Massacre at Mystic due to the unprecedented ferocity of the attack. On this day, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation not only remembers our ancestors who

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