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Article: REVISITING KING PHILIP'S WAR AT MANY NEW ENGLAND SITES
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 28, 2001
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The bloodiest war in America's history, on a per capita basis,
took place in New England in 1675. That was the year that the uneasy
peace between the colonists and Native Americans was shattered and
both settlements and Indian villages went up in smoke as attacks and
battles raged throughout the region.
At the center of this cataclysm was Metacom, leader of the
Pokanokets, a tribe within the Wampanoag Indian Federation. At an
early age, when relations between the natives and settlers were less
stressed, Metacom was given the name of Philip by the English. One of
the many ironies of this conflict is that Philip was the son of
Massasoit - the same Massasoit who helped the Pilgrims survive ...