The Anglo-Pequot War, Part 2: Battle
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- This is Part Two of my series on the Anglo-Pequot War (1636-1637). As always, I tried to be as accurate as possible with my content. There are things left out, of course, but I tried to include everything I considered necessary. Sources are included in link below.
ON PRONUNCIATION My journey with Native American linguistics is still ongoing, and my pronunciation of certain words has changed from one video to the next (examples include: Sachem, Narragansett) as I learn. I will be using standardized pronunciations for consistency.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me, and enjoy!
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Two interesting things I left out for time’s (and for gore) sake:
1. Cutshamoquin, the Massachusett sachem who also acted as interpreter for the Bay Colony (2:05), is of much importance in this story. He served as interpreter and soldier on Endecott’s expedition, and he is credited with the only confirmed Pequot kill during the village raids near Pequot Harbor which was the main catalyst for the war. He scalped his Pequot victim and sent it to Canonicus, who sent it among his tributaries to collect a wampum prize for Cutshamoquin. This act symbolized Massachusett power in allegiance with the English Massachusetts Bay Colony. For more on an amazing in-depth view of Algonquin politics and society in Southern New England during the war, check out “Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643” by Neal Salisbury.
2. The death of Kiswas at Saybrook Fort was made very brief in my video. He is tied up, bleeding, taunts his captors, and is shot by Underhill. The full story is much more dramatic. Torture was customary in 17th-c. Algonquian culture, and the tortured were expected to stay strong and endure the pain. Kiswas was set up for such an ordeal: Uncas and his Mohegans tied one of his legs to a post and began burning him. He did well against the pain, taunting his captors through it all. They cut off pieces of his flesh before tying a rope to his free leg and pulling him to pieces. Underhill, as an act of mercy, shot Kiswas in the head. Writers later on would add acts of cannibalism to this event, but this is erroneous. None of the authors who were present for the torture wrote about the Mohegans eating Kiswas, and some of them certainly would’ve included it if it did happen! It is another example of racist authors creating “savages” to entertain their readers and dehumanize indigenous Americans. For more on the historical Uncas and the real Mohegans, check out “Uncas: First of the Mohegans” by Michael Leroy Oberg.
Do you think there was anything that could've been done, by the English OR the Pequots, to prevent this conflict? I am interested to hear what you think!
Attack an enemy now.
~ AoE2 Taunt
The human groups believe in war to defend their "goods" and survive. To prevent war, maybe, we need to understand we are not enemies and the nature provides enouth for everyone. Pehaps, understand life in other perspective.
You are surprisingly lenient to the English in describing their fanaticism during the puritan invasion. they were zealots who blamed minor inconveniences on those around them. It was impossible to co exist because their religious doctrine would not allow it. The Indians were plain and simple not human beings to them.
@@pinchevulpes I simply didn't have time to go into that in this video. I summarized this point (the "other" complex) at the end of my Thanksgiving video and I felt it was rushed. There will be a Part 3 to my Pequot War series, in which I will discuss the ideological points further. This subject could be expanded to no end: the warping of "savage"; wilderness = evil; native powwows worshiping the devil; betraying oaths to natives; the forced Indian missions of the mid-17th century, etc.
@@eugeniobarreto Well said, Eugênio! I don't think the English were ready to see things from your perspective in 1637, unfortunately. I only wish we understood different perspectives before so much culture was destroyed!
1 year and still waiting. The definition of worth the wait lol.
Spoilers: They all lived happily ever after!
Dude, this one was awesome. Can’t wait for next year’s video.
Lol
Hope i don't die by that time.
He should set up a Patreon or a TH-cam membership for donations and support since I pressume he's doing all these research and animation by himself.
@@JeyC_ I came here to inquire the same.
Oof
This absolutely deserves way more views. This animation is well-made
Since I'm a weapons and armor nerd, I wanted to provide a fun fact about the weapons and armor of this war. At the time of the Pequot War, European settlers still wore body armor, which did a fantastic job of protecting them from Pequot arrows. The English were also replacing matchlock muskets with flintlocks, such that by the time the war began, the flintlock had partially replaced the matchlock. This gave colonists a significant advantage over the Pequot. As trade continued with Europeans afterwards, an increasing number of New England Native Americans acquired firearms, flintlocks in particular (the natives were very well aware of the flintlock's advantages over the matchlock). By the time King Philip's War began five decades later, most Native American hunters and fighters had flintlock firearms, as did most New England colonists. This, coupled with the fact that the colonists learned they could dodge arrows as long as they weren't surprised, led to most colonists eschewing body armor. So New England natives went from having serious disadvantages in military technology to being on equal footing with the colonists in the five decades between the Pequot and King Philip's War.
So, bows CAN beat primitive gunpowder!
@@jeffreygao3956 My brother in Christ, that is miles off from what I said, if not the opposite of it.
@@toothclaw6985 Alright then, Native Americans fared better against flintlock armed line infantry than they did against Pike and shot.
@@jeffreygao3956 Not only is that also not the takeaway of my comment, but that's not even true either. Forests made long pikes harder to use, and Native American warfare did not involve pitched battles, cavalry, or charges. As a result, pikes were virtually useless against Native Americans in battle. And starting from Pequot's War onward, flintlocks became more popular than matchlocks. All this reflected the European colonists adapting to Native American warfare. None of that pike and shot nonsense that, while certainly viable in Europe, was not viable in the forests of the New World. Now, using flintlock muskets (which the Native Americans THEMSELVES eventually widely adopted) and the natives' own combat tactics against them? That was the way to go.
@@toothclaw6985 Well, I made a blunder! At any rate, escalation of firearms technology meant until the invention of kevlar in the late 20th century armor became unviable for the battlefield.
Dude, you need more recognition.
Your videos content and quality are amazing.
I appreciate the non bias. It seems people will do terrible things when scared.
Couldn't have said it better myself :)
The king returns. Your videos are incredible, keep it up. Hopefully in time your channel will get the recognition it deserves.
Just watched it recently, already impressed as this is what I've always been looking for not just animated pictures but actual animation incorporated in history, one thing I wish though is to slow things down such as the words and animations as it all moves so fast. Hopefully you'll be back soon to continue the series.
I’m glad you’re back! I love your videos and I can definitely see this channel exploding with popularity
Thank you for releasing this, I have been waiting for part 2, I hope this channels gets the views it deserves
Really love the use of Mount and Blade style map and troop numbers. Absolutely fantastic quality video.
Love Mount and Blade!! I didn't even mean to do that haha must be subconscious
@@UncivilHistory Haha, well it works really well to illustrate number of troops and wounded, so I'm surprised it isn't more widely used.
I'm just about to watch your newest video now, cannot wait!
YES, YOUR QUALITY HAVE BEEN IMPROVING
This pleases the Spirits
Thanks so much for that! Most important aspect right there :)
Bro this is some high quality content! Where is part 3?!
Spoilers: The Later Jin dynasty renamed itself the Qing dynasty.
These are such quality videos! I hope you can dedicate more time to these in the future!
Your work is FANTASTIC!
I'm not from that region of the US, but learning the indigenous history to Colonial expansion is highly informative and mind-opening.
As a history teacher, I have used all of your videos in class; I appreciate your work.
I love this series. Keep up the good work!
SO excited for this! Such wonderful work!
Keep it coming, this is awersome
This is a really great channel, hidden gem. Would love to see more content about different places around the world, I love this series and want to see a part 3 and so on, but I thought an episode on Ilha Formosa would be interesting. (Modern day taiwan) with the dutch fighting native locals and chinese settlers
Rhodesia would also be cool
@@Sideonedummy2 no it wouldn't
Why not? Sub Saharan Africa is cool!
Where is the next video??? More videosss!! These are amazing!!
Hey man, don't know if you can see this, but if you do, I'd love to see you do more here. I appreciate your tellings of these untold stories.
Thank you! Yes, more to come. Part 3 will be in 2023, hopefully. Currently working on a Santa Origin Story fun holiday video
came upon part 2 searching King Philip's War - well worth worth it. The indians have much more to suffer in the coming centuries.
Plz make another part of this video I’m begging you
He’s back!
I'm back! I’m so sorry again for the wait! My life can be chaotic with hardly any time to make my videos, but I’m trying hard to get these videos out faster! Thank you for being patient and still following me and watching!
Part 3 when dude my son loves these
Excellent animation like always. Keep it up
great fact checking, animation and story telling.
I have waited a millennia for this sequel
This is a phenomenal video man. I’m really impressed, well done. Where did you get all the information about this I want to read it for myself? I’ve read bits and pieces of this but never on the level you have.
I hate the fact that I started something that's going to take years to finish.
Maybe this year?
Great video! Can't wait for Part 3 !!!
The French and Swedish dominate the Kingdom of Germany.
If the Pequots and Narragansett had allied with each other, that might've made a difference. The problem is that Narragansett and Pequots didn't get along.
Please tell me you have a patreon that I can donate to. This was phenomenal work!!!!
"They have 16 guns but not much gunpowder. We saw at least two fortsx and-"
"WAS ANYONE NAKED?"
".....How is this guy a commander?"
How is this guy doesn't have 1b subs?
What's the songs that played in this video?
The Natives would finally end any influence of Ann Hutchinson on Theology after she was banned from the Bay state Colony some years later by raiding her homestead in Connecticut with her death some years later. Until after the War of 1812 Natives were called " Americans " as you referred to them in this Excellent Presentation ( Humorous ). Anglo's and European Immigrants started to refer to themselves as " Americans " after the expansion into the North West Territory beyond the Ohio River. The new Europeans would always refer to the Savagery of the Americans, but the destruction of the Pequot Village would show who could be much more savage. Also, the Mohegans would be Allies with the English 35 years later against the Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts Bay. Wonder Video. Thanks.
This comment is such bs lol. The last part, I mean, the Natives were just as if not more brutal than Euros.
@@romanempire4495 I agree . Every Tribe feared the Mohawks for they were extremely brutal in War. The Indians Cooked the Anglos especially in the King Philip War; the British Farmers retreated to the Block Houses and the Natives set them on Fire. There are no rules in the engagement of War.
@@benjaminrush4443 I was referring more to their capability of extreme cruelty that matched White folk's. For example, in the 1870s there was a horrible massacre at Massacre Canyon, by a Sioux tribe against the Pawnee in which women and children weren't spared, and were massacred along with children. Also the defeat of Arthur St-Clair in the 1790s during Little Turtle's War where women and children were slaughtered along with soldiers.
As per there being no rules in war then, there definitely were. They weren't written down and often differed between Europeans and Indians, but they were there.
@@romanempire4495 My comments were event specific and dealt with the initial area covered in this Documentary Video. As time progressed the attitudes of both the original Separatist/Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Tribe - 1621 shifter and altered within one/two generations ( 40 + yrs. ) . It only took the English to have their first war in America against the Pequot Seven Years . As you can remember this war was over the Dutch trading with the Natives in Connecticut, and the death of that English Captain. As for the Sioux, they originally were - I think - central Canada. As the French expended, they fought and massacred their way through Minnesota till they arrived in the Dakotas. They were known to do some nasty things to other Natives as they migrated. They were a far-cry from the original Pilgrim encounter with the lone Indian who said: " Welcome Englishmen " . I know nothing about the above mentioned. I'll have to look-them-up . Thanks .
can not wait for the next video
Will you do videos on meso American history?
Moral of the story: Every Englishman was named John
Great video!
Well damn I saw part 1 yesterday, subbed, and almost immediately unsubscribed when I so it hadn’t been updated for some time. Glad I didn’t!
Do part 3
More videos like this plz🙏🏽💯
Where's part 3?
thank you
Please part 3!
Spoilers: The Ottomans rally for war against the Safavids.
Guess who’s back, back again
Your videos are amazing
"The allies were horrified, never had they seen such slaughter" or did they start taking scalps as trophies of their victory? Just asking cause that's what it says on Wikipedia.
Part 3 will go into detail on Pequot trophies meant to entice Mohegans and Narragansett to hunt them down
@@UncivilHistory I'll cover it in case you never get around to making part 3.
" Whooping Mohegans would collect the heads of fallen Pequots, scalps were taken as war trophies." -wikkipedia
they were idiots then
Love the videos!
Man come on one year?!
Great animation! Congratulations!
Ty for telling an objective history of the native american peoples and the early colonists.
these are totally worth the years wait
I've heard and read some believe the lingering anger and resentment from the Indian massacre of 1622 killing all men, women, and children settlers in Jamestown had allot to do with utter devastation and violence that was wrought on the Pequot. I wonder what your thoughts are??
Of course you did.
Hearing about Jamestown 1622 certainly put the Puritans on their toes and caused them to see danger in every corner, even when it was not there. But I don't think there is a connection to the devastation of the Pequots. The English were doing what they had already been doing to the Irish for centuries. Whether or not the Jamestown Massacre happened, the English were going to use their military advantages to spread fear into the "savages'" hearts and wantonly kill women and children, as they had done to the Irish and Scots for many centuries before New England.
@@UncivilHistory Yes--- The English have a long history of warfare, and conquest, with their arrogance and violence reaped upon the different people's of the world--- What they did to the Scots, Irish, Africans, Indians from India, and North America should never have been tolerated by any culture----
And they think of themselves as civilized!!!
2:29 chills
Epic
Great video!!
Ive been living in new england, along the connecticut river in MA and CT my whole life. this history is very interesting and sad... why must men constantly fight with one another instead of live in peace and prosperity?
Dude sooo good.
Appreciate it!
Can you please make a part 3?
An ancestor of mine was from Roxbury near Boston and his heroics during the war earned him the title Sgt. Edward Riggs, look him up.
Wow amazing 🤩
See y'all next year when he uploads again
I'm gonna do better. Life gets in the way, but less than a year for the next one!
@@UncivilHistory i think I have heard that line before but where i heard it is the question.
I've been waiting for a year? It's already been a year??
This is so good
Holy shit he posted
Does anyone else really love age of discovery? Its like meeting people in a tottaly different planet with culture you are not familiar with. Gunpowder and tecnologies of Europeans just makes it even more fun to read and research.
yea and atrocity after atrocity.
@@MrAaaaazzzzz00009999 Atrocity? Its not atrocity if its in the name of God.
@@SnepLeo "its not murder if i say it isnt"
i cant tell if youre serious
Finally!!!! 😄
Dogs be barking
Humans smh
Ayy wtf they actually made another video?
“Do you kill woman and children?”
“You will see”
*Native American rage*
This part really got emotions running through me.
there are no heroes only death
It's a false narrative. This is the actual letter from Gardiner urging the English not to go to war:
""It is all very well for you to make war who are safe in Massachusetts bay, but for myself and these few with me who have scarce holes to put our heads in, you will leave at the stake to be roasted. I have but twenty-four in all, men, women and children, and not food for them for two months, unless we save our corn field which is two miles from home, and cannot possibly be reached if we are in war."
Gardiner feared the entire fort, including woman and children would be burned alive by the Pequot. It was custom for most tribes in that area to kill non-combatants, unlike the false history presented here.
Gardiner had to watch several of his men be burned alive who were caught outside the fort. He did have great hatred for the Pequot and wanted them exterminated for what they did. He even offered rewards for Pequot heads. But that doesn't mean the Pequots didn't want to exterminate the English "mother and son".
This is an insanely false narrative.
Oh shoot! No chance of peace now!
Where’s Part 3?
Not...coming..any time...soon. I am so sorry, but my Pequot War videos have not been doing as well as I expected, so for the current time being I will be working on other videos. I am sorry, but eventually Part 3 will be finished! It is on hold for the moment :/
I just discovered this channel, I'm finding out he uploads videos once a year? Dang it!!!!!
Well, there was a time when they were released months apart.
Cool, I actually forgot about this channel. Glad to see you're still posting.
I never forgot!
Missed your content bro. Always make me smile when I get your notification.
I appreciate your message! Sorry again for the long wait, I am trying to do my best to work faster
Any update on Part 3? These animations are done so well with the storytelling.
Spoilers: The Manchurians start encroaching on Ming territory more and will eventually seize control of China.
Same question here!
@@davidnievas2243 Who else is left waiting in the wings?
Update: The news team getting footage and information on this conflict have been found dead.
@@rachdarastrix5251 Damn 5 months and still no Part 3
These videos are like a treat of luxuary in the TH-cam history community. Really high quality, but really rare to see upploads.
There's a reason why US history starts at War independence, skips to Civil War, and then jumps to WWII.
Yep! Time to tell it all
@@UncivilHistory you are amazing
Devastatingly honest. Well done.
Thank you! I try my best :)
I eagerly await part 3 in 2022.
It is now 2022
Maybe this year?
Interesting history and awesome to watch, my grandfather on my mother's side was half Seminole.
These videos are AMAZING. The accuracy and detail in the cartoons are perfect.Please keep telling real history!!!!! So many people cover these truths up
The King has Returned
At the same time, the infamous Thirty Years War was taking place in Europe, over several complicated religious and political issues in the Holy Roman Empire, and five years later, a long Civil War began in old England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, over whether absolutist monarchy should prevail over parliamentary democracy, or vice versa. It would be interesting for an animated video to explain how these extremely vicious and destructive old-world conflicts influenced the history of the rest of the world, including mainland Europe's colonies and England's colonies in the Americas.
Huzzah! Part 2 has come!
You should make a video about the Protestant revolution in the Maryland colonies. A very interesting and relatively unknown war in the 1600s that led to the founding of American religious freedom.
quality stuff, I know these probably take a lot of time to make but if you had time to upload more frequently this channel would explode lol
Oh I know. Not to brag, but there is no quality that matches. If I could spend every day animating instead of teaching, I would. Oh how I would!!!
@@UncivilHistory either way I look forward to future episodes!
Maybe Feudal Japan would be interesting to cover.
I cant wait for the new video.dude you make such great detailed videos keep up the good work
This is where racism have began. Plus my great grandmother, who I never got to know is half white and half Native American
I wonder what the US would’ve looked like if the English had chosen to assimilate with and mix with the several Native populations. That actually was a proposal made when the 13 colonies had broken away from England and the United States was just being born.
It would have looked like latin America since intermarriage was common there during the colonial era.
These settlers weren't going to 'mix and assimilate' they were die hard religious zealots who wanted their space and had dogma telling them natives and Africans were a subspecies they shouldn't mingle with. It also can't be a coincidence Great Britain abolished slavery in 1772 (then the empire in 1807) before the revolutionary war.
Nice
Thank you! More to come soon I hope!
I do not know why, but from an emotional level I never felt so bad for the Native Americans.
(Note, I do not mean I did not feel anything for them before, but I was thinking of it from a logical point of view. Like 1+1 logically will equal 2, but never really viewing the situation from a emotional human perspective.)
Great vide but Pequots as all northeastern groups killed and tortured non combatants (women and children) as a rule. Not sure why people don’t know this the historical, archaeological, and traditional narratives are very clear.
So this channel really is a yearly thing, such a shame. 17th century history is too understudied. Will you ever talk about stuff such as the Thirty Years War?
I’m in contact with historians such as Dave Weed and members of the Pokanoket people in New England. They are interested In your work. Few people talk about the histories of the indigenous people in colonial New England. They would like to offer you their perspective of the King Philips War if you are ever interested.
This is so informative. Why didn't we learn this when we were in school?
It's too cool!
The tear flow freely as I morn the horror and atrocious acts. Please I need to know what happens 😢😭😢
Contrary to presumptions, the 'Native Americans' actually mainly used cannons and firearms, weren't as hot headed as most would depict them, and most of their demise really stemmed from their own kind providing inside information to the foreigners leading to subtle treaties that relinquished economic power rather than outright loss via confrontations or bloodshed. Either way, it's all part of the art of war. Internal feud is what often breaks the backbone of any side during feud.
Must be why it took a coalition to beat Custer.