Addresses Delivered Before the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York and Year Book for 1906-1907 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Addresses Delivered Before the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York and Year Book for 1906-1907 As I rode in the train from New York to New London on a bright, warm morning on the 26th of May, 1899, there was unrolled before my eyes that wonderful panorama which the State of Connecticut presents, the distant glimpses of the Sound, the inlets where the small boats wait peacefully for the order to spread their white sails for the larger waters, the low wooded hills, the well-cultivated fields and the thriving towns where everything proclaimed occupation, abundance, culture and peace. And, as I gazed, there was continually before my mind the contrast between what I saw, and what would have appeared to one who could have made that journey on the morning of May 26th, 1637, two hundred and sixty-two years ago. The blue waters of the Sound would have been the same, and the rivers would have flowed with the same currents to meet the tides, but the cultivated fields and comfortable homes would not have been found. And at the only English settlement which then existed on the Sound, viz., the fort at Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connecticut, there would have been found nothing of that sense of security and peace which was manifest everywhere to me, but great anxiety and fear as they were awaiting news from that little band of Englishmen which had left the fort a week before, and on that very morning destroyed the power of the Pequot tribe by one swift, terrible blow, which gave peace and security to the growing English colony for nearly forty years. The offensive Pequot War lasted only two months. The General Court of the Connecticut Colonies on the 1st day of May, 1637, determined that "forces should forthwith be sent out against the Pequots." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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