Title:
State archaeologists to start search for exact location of Indian fort here
Subjects:
Mason, John, 1600-1672--Statues
Pequot Indians--Fortifications
Pequot War, 1636-1638
Pequot Indians--Archaeology
Pequot Indians--Fortifications
Pequot War, 1636-1638
Pequot Indians--Archaeology
Object ID:
scr-021-081A
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
11/25/1966
Collection:
Indian and Colonial Scrapbook
Summary:
Dr. Douglas F. Jordan, state archaeologist at the Archaeological Assocation of Connecticut, will begin efforts to locate the site of the Indian fort that was beseiged and burned by John Mason's troops, assisted by Narragansett Indians in 1637. Eva Butler urges prompt action before the area is overly built up. Ezra Stiles drew a map of the site in 1762 and said the site was on land owned by "Mr. Fish." The plan is to bore test pits looking for charcoal remains of burrnt posts. Carl Cutler also remembers stories of a farmer plowing over the burnt remains.
People:
Mason, John, 1600-1672
Butler, Eva L.
Jordan, Douglas F.
Butler, Eva L.
Jordan, Douglas F.
Search Terms:
Pequot Indian fort