University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Zea E-Books in American Studies Zea E-Books 2020 Four English Histories of the Pequod War P. Vincentius John Underhill Lion Gardener John Mason Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeaamericanstudies Part of the American Studies Commons, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Commons, Indigenous Studies Commons, Military History Commons, and the United States History Commons This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Zea E-Books at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Zea E-Books in American Studies by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Four English Histories of the Pequod War P. Vincentius (1637) John Underhill (1638) Lion Gardener (1660) John Mason (1736) Four English Histories of the Pequod War P. Vincentius A True Relation of the Late Battell fought in New England, between the English, and the Salvages : With the present state of things there (1637) John Underhill Newes From America; or, A New and Experimentall Discoverie of New England; Containing, a Trve Relation of Their War-like proceedings these two yeares last past, with a Figure of the Indian Fort, or Palizado (1638) Lion Gardener Relation of the Pequot Warres [1660] John Mason A Brief History of the Pequot War: Especially of the memorable Taking of their Fort at Mistick in Connecticut in 1637 (1736) Zea Books Lincoln, Nebraska 2020 The historical works in this compilation are all in the public domain. Notes and commentary are available for reuse under a CC-BY license. Zea Books are published by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.zea.1271 UNL does not discriminate based upon any protected status.Please go to http://www.unl.edu/equity/notice-nondiscrimination Contents P. Vincentius, A True Relation of the Late Battell fought in New England, between the English, and the Salvages : With the present state of things there (1637) . 5 John Underhill, Newes From America; or, A New and Experimentall Discoverie of New England; Containing, a Trve Relation of Their War-like proceedings these two yeares last past, with a Figure of the Indian Fort, or Palizado (1638). 37 Lion Gardener, Relation of the Pequot Warres Written in 1660 by Lieutenant Lion Gardener and now First Printed from the Original Manuscript With an Historical Introduction by W. N. Chattin Carlton . 93 John Mason, A Brief History of the Pequot War: Especially of the memorable Taking of their Fort at Mistick in Connecticut in 1637 (1736). 157 — 3 — P. Vincentius A True Relation of the Late Battell fought in New England, between the English, and the Salvages (1637) — 5 — P. Vincentius [Philip Vincent] A True Relation of the Late Battell fought in New A England, between the English, and the Salvages: With the present state of things there. (1637) True Relation of This brief account of the major engagement of the Pequot the Late Battell fought War appeared about six months after the Mystic Massacre of May 26, 1637. Its authorship is attributed to Philip Vin- in New England, between cent, of whom little is known, including whether he was a the Engli¢h, and the witness or even in America, or, if not, who his informant was. The work obviously enjoyed some popularity, going Salvages : through three separate editions in 1637–38. The Pequots occupied the region on the north shore of Long Island Sound around present-day New London, Con- VVith the pre¢ent ¹ate of necticut. Hostilities began in late summer of 1636, when things there. the Massachusetts authorities sent a punitive expedition un- der John Endicott that destroyed some Pequot villages and fields. The Pequots retaliated with attacks on English set- tlements along the Connecticut River. In the spring of 1637, the colonies of Connecticut, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay combined forces to carry on the war. Under command- ers John Underhill and John Mason, they surrounded and burned the large Pequot town near Mystic, killing more than 700 Native inhabitants, shocking their Native allies with their wholesale slaughter of the entire population. Mop-up operations lasted the rest of the summer, but by fall the Pequot nation had been completely eliminated. This online electronic edition is based on the text of the first edition published in London in 1637. It is short LONDON, (about 4,00 words) and can be printed out on 14 letter-sized sheets. Printed by M. P. for Nathanael Butter, and Iohn Bellamie. 1 6 3 7. — 6 — P. Vincentius [Philip Vincent] A True Relation of the Late Battell fought in New A England, between the English, and the Salvages: With the present state of things there. (1637) True Relation of This brief account of the major engagement of the Pequot the Late Battell fought War appeared about six months after the Mystic Massacre of May 26, 1637. Its authorship is attributed to Philip Vin- in New England, between cent, of whom little is known, including whether he was a the Engli¢h, and the witness or even in America, or, if not, who his informant was. The work obviously enjoyed some popularity, going Salvages : through three separate editions in 1637–38. The Pequots occupied the region on the north shore of Long Island Sound around present-day New London, Con- VVith the pre¢ent ¹ate of necticut. Hostilities began in late summer of 1636, when things there. the Massachusetts authorities sent a punitive expedition un- der John Endicott that destroyed some Pequot villages and fields. The Pequots retaliated with attacks on English set- tlements along the Connecticut River. In the spring of 1637, the colonies of Connecticut, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay combined forces to carry on the war. Under command- ers John Underhill and John Mason, they surrounded and burned the large Pequot town near Mystic, killing more than 700 Native inhabitants, shocking their Native allies with their wholesale slaughter of the entire population. Mop-up operations lasted the rest of the summer, but by fall the Pequot nation had been completely eliminated. This online electronic edition is based on the text of the first edition published in London in 1637. It is short LONDON, (about 4,00 words) and can be printed out on 14 letter-sized sheets. Printed by M. P. for Nathanael Butter, and Iohn Bellamie. 1 6 3 7. — 7 — £d Leªorem Authoris carmen ὀυχαείςαον de Vic- toria hac Nov’-Anglica, 1637. Vcit in Americam varios gens Angla Colonos: D et bene conveniunt sydera, terra, solum. Ast ferus hoc prohibet, solis vagabundus in arvis, insolitóq; aliquos, incola, Marte necat. Quod simul invitas crimen pervenit ad aures Angligenûm, irato murmure cuncta fremunt. Tunc læsi justa arma movent, hostemq´; sequuntur, struxerat, haud vanis, qui munimenta locis. Invadunt vallum, palis sudibusq´; munitum: ( pax erit: hoc uno solvitur ira modo.) Vn d i q´; concîdunt omnes, pars una crematur: post, cæsi, aut capti cætera turba luit. Vt r a q´; lætatur Pequetanis Anglia victis, et novus æternum, hîc, figimur hospes ait. Virginia exultat, vicina Novoniae gaudet, Signaq´; securæ certa quietis habent. Plaudite qui colitis Mavortia sacra nepotes, et serat incultos tutus arator agros. Qua novus orbis erat, spiranti numine, (Lector) Anglia nascetur, quæ novus orbis erit. P. Vincentius. — 9 — A true Relation of the late Battell fought in New England, between the English and Salvages, with the present state of things there. Ew England, a name now ev- ery day more famous, is so called, because the English were the first Discoverers, & are now the Planters thereof. It is the Easterne Coast of the North part of America, upon the Southwest adjoyning to Virginia, and part of that Continent, large and capable of innumerable people. It is in the same height with the North of Spaine, and South part of France, and the temper not much unlike, as pleasant, as temperate and as fertile as either, if managed by industrious hands. This is the Stage. Let us in a word see the Ac- tors. The yeare 1620, a Company of English part out of the Low Countries, and some out of Lon- — 11 — 2 £ Battell in New England. £ Battell in New England. 3 don and other parts, were sent for Virginia. But There is scarce any part of the world but habit- being cut short by want of wind, and hardnesse of able, though more commodiously by humane cul- the Winter, they landed themselves in this Coun- ture. This part (though in it’s Naturals) nourished trey, enduring, with great hope and patience, all many natives, distinguished into divers petty na- the misery that Desart could put upon them, and tions and factions. It were needlesse curiosity to imployed their wits to make their best use of that dispute their originall, or how they came hither. then Snow-covered land for their necessities. After Their outsides say they are men, their actions say two yeares experience of the nature of the soyle, they are reasonable. As the thing is, so it opera- commodities, and natives, they returned such in- teth. Their correspondency of disposition with us, telligence to their Masters, that others tooke no- argueth all to be of the same constitution, & the tice of their endevours, and the place. Then some sons of Adam, and that we had the same Maker, Westerne Merchants collected a stocke, and em- the same matter, the same mould. Only Art and ployed it that way. But they discouraged through Grace have given us that perfection, which yet they losses, and want of present gaine, some London- want, but may perhaps be as capable thereof as we.