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en-wikipedia-org-9667		John Mason (c. 1600–1672) - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	4914	346	66	Known for Commander of colonial militia at Mystic Massacre in Pequot War; Deputy Governor Connecticut John Mason (October, 1600 – January 30, 1672), was an early English settler, soldier, commander, and Deputy Governor of the Connecticut Colony. The battle at Mistick Fort was featured in the History Channel series 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, and is central to scholarly arguments in favor of proving localised Native American genocide in the colonial period.[8] Following this victory, Mason was promoted to major and received numerous land grants as a reward for his services. The prominent citizens of Mystic, Connecticut decided to create a larger than life bronze and granite monument of Major John Mason, the commander of the Colonial forces in the 1637 Pequot War, the very first declared and sustained conflict in the early colonies. There is a life-sized stone carving of Major John Mason on the Connecticut State Capitol building, as he was a preeminent founder of the Colony.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9667.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9667.txt