King Philip

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King Philips War

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  Thirteen Colonies by Joy Hakim
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Massasoit was a friend of the English colonists.
The first New England settlers might not have
survived without his help, and they knew it.
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Massasoits people, the Wampanoags, were hunters
and fishermen and farmers whose lives turned with
the cycle of the seasons. They were peaceful
people and good neighbors.
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A year after the Pilgrims arrived, Massasoit
signed a treaty of peace with them. For more than
50 years, while he lived, there was peace in
Massachusetts.
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But, even before Massasoit died, there were some
Indians and English who saw trouble ahead.
Mostly, it was because there were so many English
men and women. At first there had been only a few
of these newcomers, but soon they were pushing
the natives off the land.
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Massasoits two sons were troubled. Their
generation was different from that of their
father. They were not awed by the English, as
their father sometimes seemed. The two boys were
Wamsutta (Alexander) and Metacom (Philip).
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When his father died. Wamsutta-Alexander became
ruler. Some Englishmen feared him. They sent
troops, dragged him to Plymouth, threatened him,
and acted haughty and superior.
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Alexander became ill and died on his way home.
Metacom-Philip was now leader of his people. He
believed the English had killed his brother, and
he wanted revenge.
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Besides, Metacom saw that the new people were
destroying his land. And so Metacom began
visiting other Indian leaders trying to convince
them to join him to fight the English and drive
them from America. That was not easy. There was
no history of Indian unity.
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Metacom wasnt ready when war began. As with many
wars, it was really an accident that started
things. A Christian Indian named John Sassamon
was killed. Sassamon had been to Harvard and was
a friend of the Plymouth colonists.
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Today, no one is sure who killed him, but the
English executed three members of Metacoms tribe
for the murder. Metacom was furious. He attacked
for revenge.
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King Philips War had begun. It was fought, off
and on, for two years, 1675 and 1676, and it was
horrible. Both sides were incredibly brutal.
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Six hundred colonists lost their lives in King
Philips War 3,0000 Indians lost theirs. Fifty
of ninety English villages were attacked, many
were burned to the ground.
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The peaceful Narraganset Indians, who had nothing
to do with the war, were massacred on their own
land in Rhode Island because some of the settlers
now feared all Indians. Many innocent white
people were killed in Indian raids of revenge.
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Indian disunity hurt their cause. Some tribes
helped the English. In addition, Indian warriors
werent used to long wars. They knew how to
attack and destroy in quick raids. When the war
went on and on, many Indians got tired of it.
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They wanted to plant their crops and get back to
normal activities. They deserted their leader.
Finally Metacom was trapped in a swamp, where he
was killed by an Indian who was loyal to the
colonists.
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Metacoms head was chopped off and hung on the
fort at Plymouth there it stayed for 25 years.
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His wife, children, and other captured Indians
were sold in the West Indies as slaves. It was a
pattern that was repeated over and over again
until the Indians could fight no more.
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