The Pequot War

Alfred A. Cave

University of Massachusetts Press, 1996 - History - 219 pages

This book offers the first full-scale analysis of the Pequot War (1636-37), a pivotal event in New England colonial history. Through an innovative rereading of the Puritan sources, Alfred A. Cave refutes claims that settlers acted defensively to counter a Pequot conspiracy to exterminate Europeans. Drawing on archaeological, linguistic, and anthropological evidences to trace the evolution of the conflict, he sheds new light on the motivations of the Pequots and their Indian allies. He also provides a reappraisal of the interaction of ideology and self- interest as motivating factors in the Puritan attack on the Pequots.

About the author

Alfred A. Cave is professor of history at the University of Toledo. His previous publications include Jacksonian Democracy and the Historians.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Pequot War; Native Americans of the Northeast, ISSN 1555-7073; Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History and the Contemporary Series
• Author: Alfred A. Cave
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996
• ISBN: 1558490302, 9781558490307
• Length: 219 pages
• Subjects: History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); History / Europe / Renaissance; History / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas; History / Military / General; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); History / United States / General; History / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT); Religion / Christianity / History; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General