The ship in "Moby Dick" that gets its name from an Indian tribe destroyed by the Puritans
[DOC] [TLE] Pequod's name - How to Read Herman Melville's Moby Dick [PAR] Sep 12, 2014 ... Major John Mason was the lead commanding officer of the Puritan militia that ... 
of the Pequots as an allusion to the name of Ahab's ship, the Pequod.