Pequot The Pequots are an Algonquian tribe of New England, whose name comes from pekawatawog, pequttoog, or destroyer Paquatanog. They were divided into several groups, of which only two remain today: The Mashantucket, which have been the Mashantucket Pequot Nation, and live in Connecticut. The Mohegan, who joined the Brotherton Indians, and most live in New York. Index 1 Location Location They lived on the banks of the Thames and Connecticut Rivers in New London County, near the Niantic River and New Haven and Guilford controlled. Currently have a small state reserve in the Mystic River. Demographics In 1630 were about 3,000, but in 1676 they were reduced to 1,500. Their number decreased so that in 1832 there were only 40 in 1910 had registered 66 in Connecticut, but increased to 200 in 1960 and in 1990 there were 700 recognized. With respect to mohegan were 2,500 individuals in 1643, but in 1980, according Asher, was 1,400 and the Montauks naples. According to the BIA 1995 Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Connecticut lived 155 individuals. In the Book of Connecticut Mohegan lived 642 individuals (564 in the tribal roll). According to the 2000 census, there were 2,797 Pequot and Mohegan 2,428. customs They grew corn, hunted forest animals and fished in the rivers, like other Algonquian coast. Their homes were bark huts called wigwam. The men wore leather pants, leggings and comfy loafers, and women leather skirts and shawls or robes. They also believed in manitu (powers of vision). Each fraction had a sachem or leader, and shamans were powerful and important. The main cities were Aukumbumsk Pequot, Cosattuck, Cuppunaugunnit, Mangunckakuck, Maushantuxet, Mystic, Nameaug, Paupattokshick, Pawcatuck, Sauquonckackock, Stonington, and Weinshauks Tatuppequauog. History Since 1620 they lived side by side with the white settlers, Dutch and English traded on the Connecticut River and Narragansett Bay. They also made some territories massachusetts extinct. Possibly they were about 6,000. They were the most powerful tribe of Connecticut. In 1633-1634 they suffered a smallpox epidemic and the number was reduced to 3,000; settlers tried to buy the land and as they refused, began looting. Their leader Sassacus outrages committed some whites in revenge they had made other. And under the pretext of the death of a Boston merchant in Black Island summer 1636, Bostonians in 1637 organized a punitive expedition led by John Mason, who burned the villages and fields, aided by the outlaw chief Uncas, head faction of mohegan, Pequot cleaved, with 70 men who helped the militants. As they wanted the land, burned camps and killed with the sword. The May 25, 1637 600 Indians, including women and children, were killed in the massacre at Fort Mystic, where the Puritan clergymen excited militant violence. As a result, they separated into small bands. Sassacus and others managed to escape, but were killed by the Mohawks, and the survivors sold as slaves. For its part, the absorbed part of the Mohegan Pequot survivors, and from 1643 to 1645 helped the colonists against the Narragansetts, and received a grant of land as a reserve that remained in force until 1773, also in 1673 helped the settlers against Wampanoag. Thus, in 1674 they went from 4,000 warriors have only 300 in 1655 were placed under government control and freed the last remaining slaves, so that settled on the banks of the Mystic River. Finally, in 1667 the Mashantucket Pequot, only survivors, got a reservation at the Mystic River (SE Connecticut). Attack of the settlers to the Pequot Fort Mystic (Library of Congress of USA). As for the Mohegan, when white settlements were extended, they sold most of their land and held in a small reservoir in New London County. His people, Mohegan, today is the city of the same name. Some of the tribal chiefs were Henry Matthews / Wegun (1902-1903), basket maker; Occum / Lemuel Fielding (1903-1928). Baix, Everett Fielding (1929-1935) and Peegee Uncas / Julian Harris (1935-1937) Matahga / Burrill Fielding (1937-1952), Harold Albert Tantaquidgeon (1952-1970), Little Hatchet / Courtland Fowler (1970-1991) and Ralph Sturges (1992?) Their numbers dwindled when they were surrounded by white settlers. Many joined the scaticook, but in 1788 the majority, led by Samson Occom, the Brotherton Indians of New York joined. In 1856 Connecticut sold its 600 acres without permission. Thus in 1910 only about 66 living in the reserve. In 1976 they won by law and land returned to them $ 700,000 compensation, and in 1983 were federally recognized Mashantucket Pequot tribes. In 1986 they reached an agreement with the government of Connecticut to open a casino at Foxwoods in 1992, which gave them an annual income of $ 10 million. However, in 1983 President Ronald Reagan vetoed a request Mohegan lands to Connecticut. In 1994, however, were recognized as Mohegan tribe. In May 1996 they faced magnate Donald Trump because Foxwoods Casino as 350 Indians from the reservation received 600 million pesetas in play and employing 12,000 people. The tribal chief, Richard Hayward, announced a plan to restore the historic dockyards of state to take a ferry to the reserve players. Screaming Eagle is the chief of the tribe since 2000. List of Pequot and Mohegan Sassacus Uncas Samson Occom William Apess Fidelia Fielding Emma Baker Gladys Tantaquidgeon Clarence Freeman Melissa Jayne Fawcett
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