Question

many pequot were burnt when we set fire to the town, men, women, and children, others forced out which our soldiers killed; down fell men, women, and children. those that escaped us, fell into the hands of the native americans fighting on the side of the colonists, that were behind us. there were about four hundred pequot in this town, and not above five of them escaped out of our hands. captain john underhill, newes from america, 1638. complete the sentence. in this passage, the colonist describes ______. the allies of the colonists deciding to join the pequot the peace treaty that ended the pequot war the colonists and their allies destroying a pequot town the pequot burning down a colonial settlement

Explanation:

1. Analyze the first option: The passage says escaped Pequot fell into the hands of colonists' allies, not allies joining Pequot. Eliminate.
2. Analyze the second option: The passage is about an attack, not a peace treaty. Eliminate.
3. Analyze the third option: The text describes colonists setting fire to a Pequot town, killing many, with allies helping (those behind colonists catching escapees). This matches.
4. Analyze the fourth option: The colonists burned the Pequot town, not the other way around. Eliminate.

Answer:

the colonists and their allies destroying a Pequot town