Mystic Massacre occurs in Connecticut.

May 26, 1637

Captains John Mason and John Underhill lead an expedition from Boston that attacks a fort near today’s Groton, killing some 600 [400-DD] Pequot men, women, and children.

Sources
  • Dain, Daniel
  • Quill, Ed
  • Morison, Samuel Eliot
  • Dunn, Richard S.