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Miscellany_, vol. v., p. 400.] [Footnote 344: "The Pequods were a powerful nation on the Connecticut border, who could muster a thousand warriors.
The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) George Warburton 1836
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He was the most distinguished of a number of contemporary Sachems who reigned over the Pequods, the
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The Pequods killed more whales; the people of Nope raised more _poke_.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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The father could deny nothing to his beloved daughter, and, besides, the little boy pleaded for the famished Pequods also, and he yielded.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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A war party of the Delawares, after a successful raid on their neighbors, the Pequods, reached this spot on the return journey, laden with spoils and captives, among the latter a young chief who, after the manner of most Indian tribes, was offered the choice of joining the tribe of his foes or suffering death by torture.
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Haup, having engaged in a war with my brethren, the Pomperaugs took part with the king of the Pequods, and a large part of them shared in his destruction.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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So the Pequods lost their ally and were forced to fight alone.
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The great chiefs of both factions were on the ground, and never was there a fiercer, more bitter and relentless conflict between the Narragansetts and Pequods than this memorable contest between the Barnburners and Hunkers.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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Pequods of Massachusetts, the Mohegans of New York, the Lenapes of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Pequods on the wall, to attack a lobster salad or a welsh rabbit on the table, and to reflect that the main business of men _fruges consumere nati_ was no longer to fight Indians.
The Mayor of Warwick Herbert M��ller Hopkins 1890
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