CHAPTER IV.

SETTLEMENT OF AQUIDNECK AND WARWICK.--PEQUOT WAR.--DEATH OF MIANTONOMI.

1637. Anna Hutchinson arrived in Massachusetts and banished, 17

Nineteen of her followers under William Coddington and John Clarke, purchased the Island of Aquidneck and formed settlements at Pocasset and Newport, 17

Roger Williams proclaimed the right of religious liberty to every human being, 18

Samuel Gorton banished from Pocasset, 19

He denied the authority of all government except that authorized by the King and Parliament, 19

He, with eleven others, bought Shawomet and settled there, 19

He is besieged by troops from Massachusetts, is captured, imprisoned, and afterwards released, 19

He is appointed to a magistracy in Aquidneck, 19

Roger Williams prevented the alliance of the Pequots and Narragansetts, and formed one between the English and the Narragansetts, 21

Pequots rooted out and crushed, 21

Miantonomi treacherously put to death, 22

The Narragansetts put themselves under the protection of the English, 22