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Mystic Massacre
The Mystic massacre was also known as the Pequot massacre and the Battle of Mystic Fort. These should be acknowledged in the introduction as other names for the Mystic massacre. There should be an added section between background and massacre further detailing the details of the colonial preparation for the massacre. There were between 400-700 Pequot civilians killed during the massacre, that should be included in the introduction after the description of events. There should be a section detailing the removal of the John Mason statue in Connecticut.

Background
During the Pequot war, on April 23 1637, 200 Pequot warriors attacked the village of Wethersfield killing 6 men and 3 women, all noncombatants. This was a major turning point in the Pequot war as it enraged the English settlers that the warriors would kill civilians and led to increased support for the Pequot war among colonists.

Massacre
Pequot warriors who had been with their sachem Sassacus, upon seeing the aftermath of the massacre, advanced towards the Puritan forces. The Puritans were lost for a brief period when returning home and narrowly escaped the Pequot counterattack in their retreat.

[There should be an emphasis on the massacre being the first example of total war by the colonists in the new world ]

The English reported that five Pequots had successfully escaped the massacre and seven taken prisoner.

[The background claims all Pequots successful in scaling the walls of the fort were killed, this is inaccurate and contradicted in the aftermath section.

[A description of the area of the Mystic massacre should be elaborated on in conjunction with the image at reference [7],

Aftermath
The English suffered between 22 and 26 casualties with two confirmed dead. Approximately 40 Narragansett warriors were wounded as the English mistook many of them for Pequots.

Statue Removal
The statue of John Mason located at Palisado Green in Windsor, Connecticut is set to be removed in the wake of national civil rights protests along with a statue of Christopher Columbus in the same area. The statue was erected at the site of the Mystic Massacre in 1889, but was moved to its current location in 1996 as Windsor was believed to be the location of his home.

Image
The image found at reference displays the maneuver dynamics of the massacre.