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===Pequot raids===
In the aftermath, the English of Connecticut Colony had to deal with the anger of the Pequots. The Pequots attempted to get their allies to join their cause, some 36 tributary villages, but were only partly effective. The Western Niantic (Nehantic) joined them, but the Eastern Niantic
Through the autumn and winter, Fort Saybrook was effectively besieged. People who ventured outside were killed. As spring arrived in 1637, the Pequots stepped up their raids on Connecticut towns. On April 23, [[Wangunk]] chief Sequin attacked Wethersfield with Pequot help. They killed six men and three women and a number of cattle and horses, and took two young girls captive. (They were daughters of William Swaine and were later ransomed by Dutch traders.)<ref>{{cite book |last=Atwater |first=Elias|title=History of the Colony of New Haven to Its Absorption Into Connecticut|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofcolonyo00atwa_0 |year=1902|publisher=The Journal Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofcolonyo00atwa_0/page/610 610]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Griswold|first=Wick|title=A History of the Connecticut River |year=2012|publisher=The History Press|page=45}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Games|first=Alison|title=Migration and the Origins of the English Atlantic World |year=1999|publisher=Harvard College|page=167}}</ref> In all, the towns lost about 30 settlers.
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