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Narragansett

The strongest nation of southern New England at contact, spared by the 1616-19 epidemic.

Broken at the Great Swamp Fight (December 1675); survivors merged with the Eastern Niantic at Charlestown, Rhode Island.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 4 border frames for Narragansett — the shape you scrub through changes in 1300 · 1524 · 1676 · 1801.

Moments from the Chronicle

• 1637 Mystic massacre English, Mohegan and Narragansett forces burn the Pequot fort; the nation is dissolved by treaty in 1638.
• 1676 Native power broken in the south of New England Metacom is killed; Wampanoag, Narragansett and Nipmuc cease to exist as territorial powers.

Further reading

• Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War Lisa Brooks · 2018

  King Philip’s War including the Great Swamp Fight against the Narragansett.

• The Pequot War Alfred A. Cave · 1996

  The Pequot War era, in which the Narragansett were a central power.

Sources

• Narragansett people — Wikipedia