Connecticut unscathed : victory in the great Narragansett War, 1675-1676
2014
974.602 W289 2014
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Title
Connecticut unscathed : victory in the great Narragansett War, 1675-1676
Variant Title
Victory in the great Narragansett War, 1675-1676
Published
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2014.
Description
xiv, 249 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
974.602 W289 2014
System Control No.
(OCoLC)875240124
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index.
Contents: Forging an alliance: the Pequot War, Mohegan-Narragansett competition, and the coming of the great Narragansett War -- "Endangering also the neighbor colony of Connecticut": Connecticut during the great Narragansett War -- Puritan outlier: Connecticut colonists and local indigenous groups -- Influences of the European military revolution on the New England frontier -- The defense of Connecticut -- "To prosecute the enemie wth all vigor": Connecticut's offensive operations.
L2015M60
The conflict that historians have called King Philip's War still ranks as one of the bloodiest per capita in American history. An Indian coalition ravaged much of New England, killing six hundred colonial fighting men (not including their Indian allies), obliterating seventeen white towns, and damaging more than fifty settlements. The version of these events that has come down to us focuses on Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay--the colonies whose commentators dominated the storytelling. But because Connecticut lacked a chronicler, its experience has gone largely untold. As Jason W. Warren makes clear in "Connecticut Unscathed," this imbalance has generated an incomplete narrative of the war. Dubbed King Philip's War after the Wampanoag architect of the hostilities, the conflict, Warren asserts, should more properly be called the Great Narragansett War, broadening its context in time and place and indicating the critical role of the Narragansetts, the largest tribe in southern New England. With this perspective, Warren revises a key chapter in colonial history. In contrast to its sister colonies, Connecticut emerged from the war relatively unharmed. The colony's comparatively moderate Indian policies made possible an effective alliance with the Mohegans and Pequots. These Indian allies proved crucial to the colony's war effort, Warren contends, and at the same time denied the enemy extra manpower and intelligence regarding the surrounding terrain and colonial troop movements. And when Connecticut became the primary target of hostile Indian forces--especially the powerful Narragansetts--the colony's military prowess and its enlightened treatment of Indians allowed it to persevere. Connecticut's experience, properly understood, affords a new perspective on the Great Narragansett War--and a reevaluation of its place in the conflict between the Narragansetts and the Mohegans and the Pequots of Connecticut, and in American history--Publisher description.
Contents: Forging an alliance: the Pequot War, Mohegan-Narragansett competition, and the coming of the great Narragansett War -- "Endangering also the neighbor colony of Connecticut": Connecticut during the great Narragansett War -- Puritan outlier: Connecticut colonists and local indigenous groups -- Influences of the European military revolution on the New England frontier -- The defense of Connecticut -- "To prosecute the enemie wth all vigor": Connecticut's offensive operations.
L2015M60
The conflict that historians have called King Philip's War still ranks as one of the bloodiest per capita in American history. An Indian coalition ravaged much of New England, killing six hundred colonial fighting men (not including their Indian allies), obliterating seventeen white towns, and damaging more than fifty settlements. The version of these events that has come down to us focuses on Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay--the colonies whose commentators dominated the storytelling. But because Connecticut lacked a chronicler, its experience has gone largely untold. As Jason W. Warren makes clear in "Connecticut Unscathed," this imbalance has generated an incomplete narrative of the war. Dubbed King Philip's War after the Wampanoag architect of the hostilities, the conflict, Warren asserts, should more properly be called the Great Narragansett War, broadening its context in time and place and indicating the critical role of the Narragansetts, the largest tribe in southern New England. With this perspective, Warren revises a key chapter in colonial history. In contrast to its sister colonies, Connecticut emerged from the war relatively unharmed. The colony's comparatively moderate Indian policies made possible an effective alliance with the Mohegans and Pequots. These Indian allies proved crucial to the colony's war effort, Warren contends, and at the same time denied the enemy extra manpower and intelligence regarding the surrounding terrain and colonial troop movements. And when Connecticut became the primary target of hostile Indian forces--especially the powerful Narragansetts--the colony's military prowess and its enlightened treatment of Indians allowed it to persevere. Connecticut's experience, properly understood, affords a new perspective on the Great Narragansett War--and a reevaluation of its place in the conflict between the Narragansetts and the Mohegans and the Pequots of Connecticut, and in American history--Publisher description.
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