over the area. The Wangunk allied with Narragansett and reached out to English settlers as a defensive strategy against the Pequot.

Alliances may have shifted with the outbreak of the Pequot War in 1636. Colonial accounts suggest that Wangunk sachem Sequassen assisted the Pequot in their attack on Wethersfield, where he resided at the time. Around the same time, Sowheage relocated to Mattabesett, later to be developed as Middletown. This movement and the