Image from page 97 of "Intermediate history of the United States, for use in the fifth and sixth grades of Catholic schools" (1915)
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Title: Intermediate history of the United States, for use in the fifth and sixth grades of Catholic schools
Authors: Sadlier, Frank X.], 1873- [from old catalog]
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Publisher: New York, W.H. Sadlier
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stic River.The English attacked at daybreak, while the Indians slept.The barking of a dog awoke the Indians, but it was too late.Captain Mason seized a fire brand and threw it over thewooden stockade (fence) and the wigwams of the Indianscaught fire. Hundreds of them were burned, and thosewho tried to run away were shot. The whole tribe waswiped out. 161—Peace and Growth This short but fierce war ended the Indian trouble in NewEngland for a long time. The country was now consideredsafe. Many other settlers arrived, and New England grewrapidly. 162—King Philips War Massasoit, the friendly Indian Chief who had welcomedthe English to America, died in 1660. His son Alexander 80 PREPARATORY UNITED STATES HISTORY became chief but died soon after. The Indians beUeved hisdeath had been caused by the EngUshmen. Philip, anotherson of Massasoit, then became king of the Wampanoagsand prepared to make war on the white men. He felt thatthe Indians were being cheated out of their lands, and that
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The Pequod War the colonists should be driven back to England. In 1675,the Indians went on the war path. A cruel war ensued which continued for two years. TheIndians attacked the settlements and slew the colonists andburned their homes. 163—The Swamp Fight At last the Indians were cornered in a swamp in RhodeIsland. A desperate fight took place, the Indians werebeaten, and their wigwams and supplies all burned. Thetribe of Narragansetts was also attacked by the colonists andalmost exterminated. COLONIAL WARS 81 This ended the Indian wars in New England. All thatwere left of the red men were forced to leave their lands andgo further into the wilderness. 164—Indian Wars in the South The colonists in the Carolinas went through similar ex-periences with the Indians and for the same reasons—be-cause they were harsh and cruel to the natives who foughtand massacred them in return. The Tuscarora War (1711),* The Yernassee War (1715), The Cherokee War (1757), were cruel on both sides but
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Image from page 97 of "Intermediate history of the United States, for use in the fifth and sixth grades of Catholic schools" (1915)
Identifier: intermediatehist00sadl
Title: Intermediate history of the United States, for use in the fifth and sixth grades of Catholic schools
Authors: Sadlier, Frank X.], 1873- [from old catalog]
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Publisher: New York, W.H. Sadlier
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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stic River.The English attacked at daybreak, while the Indians slept.The barking of a dog awoke the Indians, but it was too late.Captain Mason seized a fire brand and threw it over thewooden stockade (fence) and the wigwams of the Indianscaught fire. Hundreds of them were burned, and thosewho tried to run away were shot. The whole tribe waswiped out. 161—Peace and Growth This short but fierce war ended the Indian trouble in NewEngland for a long time. The country was now consideredsafe. Many other settlers arrived, and New England grewrapidly. 162—King Philips War Massasoit, the friendly Indian Chief who had welcomedthe English to America, died in 1660. His son Alexander 80 PREPARATORY UNITED STATES HISTORY became chief but died soon after. The Indians beUeved hisdeath had been caused by the EngUshmen. Philip, anotherson of Massasoit, then became king of the Wampanoagsand prepared to make war on the white men. He felt thatthe Indians were being cheated out of their lands, and that
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The Pequod War the colonists should be driven back to England. In 1675,the Indians went on the war path. A cruel war ensued which continued for two years. TheIndians attacked the settlements and slew the colonists andburned their homes. 163—The Swamp Fight At last the Indians were cornered in a swamp in RhodeIsland. A desperate fight took place, the Indians werebeaten, and their wigwams and supplies all burned. Thetribe of Narragansetts was also attacked by the colonists andalmost exterminated. COLONIAL WARS 81 This ended the Indian wars in New England. All thatwere left of the red men were forced to leave their lands andgo further into the wilderness. 164—Indian Wars in the South The colonists in the Carolinas went through similar ex-periences with the Indians and for the same reasons—be-cause they were harsh and cruel to the natives who foughtand massacred them in return. The Tuscarora War (1711),* The Yernassee War (1715), The Cherokee War (1757), were cruel on both sides but
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