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THE HISTORY OF
STRATFORD
Golden Hill Indians THE HISTORY OF
STRATFORD
Wm. Howard
Wilcoxson Establishing
Title to the Land FORREST MORGAN
Lifestyles, Government, Religion and WarIndian Titles and Mohegan Land TroublesSowheag, Uncas, and MiantonomoOwenoco, the Son of Uncas
THE HOUSATONIC CHARD
POWERS SMITH The
Promised Land ALEXANDER
JOHNSTON
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BENJAMIN
TRUMBULL - THE HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT The Connecticut, and indeed all the New-England Indians,
were large, straight, well proportioned men, their bodies were firm and
active, and capable of enduring the greatest fatigues and hardships. Their passive courage was almost
incredible. When tortured in the most
cruel manner; though flayed alive, though burnt with fire, cut or torn from
limb to limb, they would not groan, nor show any signs of distress. Nay, in some instances they would glory
over their tormentors, saying that their hearts would never be soft until
they were cold, and representing their torment as sweet as Englishmen’s
sugar. When traveling in summer, or winter, they regarded neither heat nor
cold. They were exceedingly light of
foot, and would travel or run a very great distance in a day. Mr. Williams says, “I have known them run
between eighty and a hundred miles in a summer’s day and back again within
two days.” As they were accustomed to
the woods, they ran in them nearly as well as on plain ground. They were exceedingly quick sighted, to
discover their enemy, or their game, and equally artful to conceal
themselves. Their features were
tolerably regular. Their faces are generally full as broad as those of the
English, but flatter; they have a small, dark coloured good eye, coarse black
hair, and a fine set of white teeth. The Indian children, when born are nearly as white as the
English children; but as they grow up their skin grows darker and they become
nearly of a copper colour. The shapes
of both the men and women, especially the latter, are excellent. A crooked Indian is rarely if ever to be
seen. The Indians in general were quick of
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ALEXANDER JOHNSTON
SOUTHPORT
Colonial History of Pequot Swamp COLONIAL INDIAN ARCHIVES Hon. Ralph D.
Smith David D. Fields Sarah Day Woodward Winthrop’s Journal |