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Article: King Philip's War called deadliest in U.S. history; Author totals cost of casualties on a per capital basis
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- June 24, 2002
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The Patriot Ledger
Starting in 1676 and continuing for the next 20 years, the
Plymouth colony prominently displayed the severed head of Metacom, a
Native American, on a pole along a major thoroughfare.
The grisly display reminded colonists that the Wampanoag leader
had suffered an untimely death because he rebelled against a stronger
English foe.
Metacom, or King Philip as the English called him, presided over a
war in which Native Americans controlled at one time more than two-
thirds of Massachusetts. They attacked about half of the 90 towns in
New England, including Plymouth and Scituate.
In the 14 months of the conflict known as King Philip's War (1675-
1676), 600 to 800 English, and ...