Excerpt from "The Pequot War" by Alfred A. Cave:

The Pequot War of 1636-37 paved the way for the establishment of English hegemony in southern new England.  For that reason, historians have generally agreed that it 'is one of the most important events in early American history.'. . .Most of the basic facts about the war itself are not at issue.  It is a matter of record that the English assaulted the Pequots after the failure of efforts to persuade them to apprehend and surrender to Puritan justice those Indians believed to be responsible for the deaths of Captain john Stone and other Englishmen. . . Pequot resistance was broken by a surprise attack on a fortified village near the Mystic River."

Pequot War Battle Sites

From Charles Orr, ed.  The History of The Pequot War (Cleveland, 1897).

Pequot Village Site at Mystic, Connecticut

Attack on the Pequot Village at Mystic, Connecticut