Image: PEQUOT FORT, NEW LONDON COUNTY

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Description: THE ACTUAL SITE OF THE FORT IS IN DISPUTE AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS TO INDICATE THE SPOT. HOWEVER VERY CLOSE WAS ERECTED A STATUE OF MAJOR JOHN MASON WHO WITH COLONISTS AND MOHEGAN INDIANS BURNED 600-700 WARLIKE PEQUOT INDIAN MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO DEATH IN 1637; THE STATUE HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED TO ANOTHER SITE AND A TREE HAS BEEN PLANTED WHERE IT STOOD.
Title: PEQUOT FORT, NEW LONDON COUNTY
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Author: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD
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