. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . -erant and Quixotic in theirrules for self government,in social observances, andespecially in their dealingswith people of other reli-gious sects. The transfer-ence of the government ofthe company, together withthe addition of over eighthundred new colonists, wasmade in 1630. As the Massachusettscolonies grew they excitedthe jealousy or animosity oftwo very different classes ofpeople. These were their Dutch neighbors and the Indians. The most serious of the early difficultieswith the aborigines was, in fact, the effect of Dutch i
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . -erant and Quixotic in theirrules for self government,in social observances, andespecially in their dealingswith people of other reli-gious sects. The transfer-ence of the government ofthe company, together withthe addition of over eighthundred new colonists, wasmade in 1630. As the Massachusettscolonies grew they excitedthe jealousy or animosity oftwo very different classes ofpeople. These were their Dutch neighbors and the Indians. The most serious of the early difficultieswith the aborigines was, in fact, the effect of Dutch interference. Thesepeople had purchased the Connecticut river lands from the Pequots. ThePequots only held the territory by usurpation and the original owners obtainedthe Puritan protection, giving them a rival title. The enraged Pequots com-menced hostilities which were promptly resented by the Puritan Governor,Endicott, who led his men into the Indian country, punishing the assailantsseverely. This act, however necessary it may have been, laid the colony open. A PIONEER FLEEING FROM ENRAGED PEQUOTS. 56 THE STORY OF AMERICA. to all the cruelty of a long-continued war, which lasted until the final rem-nant of the Pequot tribe had been extinguished.
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