PEQUOTS KEEP FORT... Sep 22, 2007 12:00:55 SIGHN AT FORMER FORT SITE IN THE TOWN!Info below from Saybrook Chamber Site!OLD SAYBROOK, located at the the mouth of the Connecticut River, was the home of Algonquin Nehantic Indians for years before Europeans arrived. These were peace loving Ind...
While the local Indians welcomed the settlers, their Pequot conquerors strongly resented them and were intent on driving them away. As a result, Fort Saybrook was in a constant state of siege and when the settlers needed to tend their crops, armed soldiers had to accompany them.