Seymour Historical Society to host talk on native tribes, Puritans

SEYMOUR - Conflicts between early New England colonists and native tribes will be the focus of a Seymour Historical Society program at 2 p.m. Aug. 23.

Hamish Lutris, a professor at Housatonic Community College, will discuss the Mohegan, Pequot, Niantic, and Narragansett tribes, whose members lived in Connecticut in the early 1600s. 
He will also focus on the four-year war between the powerful Pequot tribe and the English Puritans that began in 1634. 

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The Puritans, helped by rival tribes, decimated the Pequots in a series of bloody battles, changing the balance of power in New England. 
Later in the century, many Connecticut residents fought in King Philip’s War against the Wampanoag tribe of Rhode Island. 

The Seymour Historical Society is located at 59 West St., near the Trinity Episcopal Church. 

The program is free to Seymour Historical Society members and $5 for non-members. Doors open at 1 p.m. 

For more information, call 203-881-2156, contact psussman@snet.net, or visit www.seymourhistoricalsociety.org. 

This is a press release from the Seymour Historical Society.