Pequot

The Pequot were a tribe or nation of Native Americans who, in the 17th century, inhabited much of what is now Connecticut, and spoke a variety of the Algonquian language. The tribe was virtually eliminated in the Pequot War of 1637. Modern remnants survive as the Mashantucket Pequots and the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation (a.k.a. Paucatuck Pequots).

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This article covers the Pequot as an tribe, or nation.

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Pequots

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Total population

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1620: 6,000. (est.)

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1637: 3,000. (est.)

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1910: 66.

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2000: 1,000–2,000 (est.)

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Significant populations:

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Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation, Lantern Hill, North Stonington Connecticut: 1130.

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Mashantuckett or western Pequots, Ledyard, Connecticut: 350.

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Language

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Historically, Pequot, a dialect of Mohegan-Pequot (an Algonquian language), now English

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Religion 

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Related ethnic groups

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Native American

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 North American natives

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  Eastern Woodlands natives

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   Pequot

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Native American: REDIRECT Native Americans...

17th century: As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar....

Connecticut: Connecticut (pronounced ) is a state of the United States, part of the New England region, as well as the southernmost state in New England and one of the wealthiest states in the country. Connecticut was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution....

Pequot related Images and Photos (experimental)

Declaration of War by a Pequot Indian Delivering an Arrow to Massachusetts Bay Colonists c.1636