New school history of the United States . re disturbed and alarmed by the spread of the new settlements. They were threatened with the loss of their hunting grounds,their homes, and the graves of theirfathers. They were also subjectedto great and continual were more numerous and morewarlike in the inland parts of the STOCKADED HOUSE. ^ . i i j t_ r i country than they had been foundto be along the coast. They were harassed by the intruders,and they harassed them in turn. A passionate and treacher-ous warfare occasioned much loss of Hfe on both sides. Themother and the child were
New school history of the United States . re disturbed and alarmed by the spread of the new settlements. They were threatened with the loss of their hunting grounds,their homes, and the graves of theirfathers. They were also subjectedto great and continual were more numerous and morewarlike in the inland parts of the STOCKADED HOUSE. ^ . i i j t_ r i country than they had been foundto be along the coast. They were harassed by the intruders,and they harassed them in turn. A passionate and treacher-ous warfare occasioned much loss of Hfe on both sides. Themother and the child were murdered at the milking-pen. TheIndian was shot down in cold blood when a chance presenteditself. The settlers ploughed their fields and harvested theirgrain in reach of their arms. Sentries were placed to givewarning of danger, while the rest of the laborers worked onthe farm. Shortly to say : there neither man nor maidWas safe afield, whether they wrought or played. INDIAN WARS. 47. The Pequods, dwelling east of the Connecticut River,. * Mr. Hookers company sought their new abode, complaining of the crowding ofthe population, as 3,000 emigrants had recently arrived from England. They soldtheir homes to the new-comers, and migrated westward in search of pastures new/ t In 1639, Connecticut constituted itself a separate government, and adopted a writ-ten constitution—the first in America. INDIAN WARS. 49 1637. devastated the frontier, killing men, women, and cattle. War was declared against them. Capt. John Masoncommanded the colonial army, consisting of eighty orninety English and seventy Mohicans {jno-hee ca7is\ undertheir chief, Uncas. The Narragansetts were prevented byRoger WiUiams from joining the Indian league.
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