. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. CHAPTER IV. KING PHILIPS WAR AND ITS CAUSES.—BATTLES ANDBURNINGS IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY. UP TO the time at which we have now arrived there hadbeen peace between the colonies of Massachusetts Bayand Plymouth on the one hand and the various Indiantribes on the other. In the Connecticut colony there had beena war so bitterly waged by the whites, aided by their allies,the Mohegan Indians, that it had resulted in the utter destruc-tion of the Pequo
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. CHAPTER IV. KING PHILIPS WAR AND ITS CAUSES.—BATTLES ANDBURNINGS IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY. UP TO the time at which we have now arrived there hadbeen peace between the colonies of Massachusetts Bayand Plymouth on the one hand and the various Indiantribes on the other. In the Connecticut colony there had beena war so bitterly waged by the whites, aided by their allies,the Mohegan Indians, that it had resulted in the utter destruc-tion of the Pequot tribe. ThePequot war happened aboutthe time of the settlement ofSpringfield and though itmade the settlers in this partof the valley very cautiousin dealing with the Indians,and taught them that theylived in the midst of danger,yet nothing hostile , the famous chiefof the Wampanoags, was aneighbor of the Plymouthcolonists and had always beentheir friend. The Narragan-setts, who lived in RhodeIsland, influenced by the goodof Roger Williams forhad kept the peaceafter the close of the Pequot King ^Indian History for Young Folks by willCopyright 1884 by Harper them. Francis S. Drakeand Bros. 60 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD The tribes of the interior,-—those hving in what is nowWorcester county and in that part of the valley extendingfrom Hartford to Northampton,-—were known by the generalname of Nipmucks or fresh water Indians. They weresmall tribes, apparently independent of each other, and havingeach a chief, or sachem, who was advised by a few others ofthe most knowing of the tribe called Sagamores. The Indianswho lived at the mouth of the Agawam, and had their fort,where, perhaps, they spent the winter, on Long Hill, werecalled the Agawams. They were about two hundred in numberand their sachem was Wequogan. It was only natural that when the whites of these colonieswere so few in number they should make every effort to makefriends with the I
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