The Pequot War is a war that should be hard to forget. It completely wiped out an entire Native American tribe. In reality this is not the case. Indeed, "the complexity of the Pequot War of 1636-37 is rarely appreciated." According to Matthew S Muehlbauer, the one thing that many historians and researchers in general tend to focus on is just the massacre that occurred near the Mystic River in May 1937. This was indeed a tragic and fatal event for the Pequot tribe, but the le struggles didn't end there. It goes beyond what happened to the river. The Pequot War led to some changes in history and it is fitting to go back and look at the aftermath of the war. Those affections that not only affected the Pequot tribe but also the years following the end of the war. It is with the help of two secondary sources by Matthew S Muehlbauer, Austin Peay State University, Tennessee, and Katherine A. Grandjean, Wellesley College, that it is possible to look beyond the actual war and focus on its consequences. It is important to talk about the actual war because there can be no results after the war without a war at the beginning. “By the mid-1630s, the two largest and most influential indigenous groups in New England were the Narragansetts and the Pequots. Unlike most others, these peoples had weathered an epidemic well in the period 1616-19. (Muehlbauer). That epidemic was smallpox brought unintentionally by the English. The Indians were not immune to this and it took away much of their people in general. Unfortunately for the Pequot tribe, they were going through some things not only with other groups but also internally. There was tension among both the Narragansetts and the Pequots. Internal tension was caused… middle of paper… not a place anyone really wanted to be. He was full of anxiety and discomfort. An entire war started because of the killing of one man, a man who may or may not have been killed by the Pequots. Yet they were wiped out because of it. Matthew S Muehlbauer's article delves more into the technical aspects of the situation. It provides facts about what happened and is useful for putting together a timeline of events. Katherine A. Grandjean's article provides the facts, but focuses on the psychological aspect of this period. It gives a story to read and makes the reader feel like they are in the story. Both are effective in providing a good picture of the effects of this war and actually work very well together to get a complete story of the events and the reaction to those events that took place due to the Pequot War..