Within two years, the Pequot tribe was all but extinguished, and it would remain that way for the next 350 years. In retaliation for a Pequot raid, Captain John Mason led an assembled militia of English and Indian allies in a predawn attack on a Pequot fort that left over four hundred Pequots dead. By 1637, Puritan settlers in Connecticut were at war with the Pequot Indian tribe. In 1635, the first Puritans migrated from Massachusetts Bay to the colony of Connecticut. Hitting the Jackpot reveals the true story of how the Mashantucket Pequots of Connecticut became the richest Indian tribe in history.
A bracing work of investigative journalism into the lucrative world of Indian casino gaming, the wheelings and dealings behind America’s most controversial Indian tribe, and the highest-grossing casino in the worldįrom Connecticut and Maine to California, the explosion of Indian tribes with massive gambling operations has prompted a fierce nationwide debate.
