A first book in American history with European beginnings . thers followed him, and there grew up the colony ofRhode Island, a colony where, in very truth, each mancould believe and worship according to his hearts desire. For a while after this, the Puritans had no serious dis-turbances. Their next trouble came in a different fierce war-loving Indian tribe, the Pequots, proved hos-tile to the Massachusetts settlers. They feared that thesettlers would spread out and out and soon take all theirland. This they did not mean to have, so they tried inevery way to stir up the Narragansetts to j
A first book in American history with European beginnings . thers followed him, and there grew up the colony ofRhode Island, a colony where, in very truth, each mancould believe and worship according to his hearts desire. For a while after this, the Puritans had no serious dis-turbances. Their next trouble came in a different fierce war-loving Indian tribe, the Pequots, proved hos-tile to the Massachusetts settlers. They feared that thesettlers would spread out and out and soon take all theirland. This they did not mean to have, so they tried inevery way to stir up the Narragansetts to join them in amassacre of the Massachusetts colonists. Here was Roger Williamss chance to show that hewas willing to practice what he preached. Although hecould not agree with the Puritans, he held no grudgeagainst them because they had refused to listen to himand had turned him out. Going to the Narragansett In-dians, Williams urged them not to join the Pequots; andso great was his influence that they refused to fight. 117 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY. The Pequots, nothing daunted, determined to attackthe settlers nevertheless. They did not come out in openbattle, but waylaid a party of whites and killed thirty ofthem. This must be stopped. So a small party of English, with a large number offriendly Indians advancedon the Pequots. Beforesunrise one spring morn-ing in 1637, the Englishapproached the Pequotsstronghold. All wereasleep. Before the Indiansentries knew what hadhappened, the foe was intheir midst. The fort wasset on fire. Only five In-dians escaped, while morethan four hundred per-ished. The great Pequottribe was crushed, andnearly forty years of peace ensued. How different mighthave been the result, but for the forgiving spirit of RogerWilliams! KING PHILIPS WAR As time went on, the friendly old Indian chief Massasoitdied. And when his son, King Philip, came to be rulerof the Wampanoag tribe, trouble began to brew for theNew England colonists. King Philip did not
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