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Metacomet (1638 – August 12, 1676), also known as Pometacom, [1]: 205 Metacom, and by his adopted English name King Philip, [2] was sachem (elected chief) to the Wampanoag people and the second son of the sachem Massasoit.
King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) [4] was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between a group of indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands against the English New England Colonies and their indigenous allies.
Wampanoag history from 1621 to King Philip's War is depicted in the first part of We Shall Remain, a 2009 documentary. See also. The City of Columbus was an 1884 ...
Several Wampanoag men attacked and killed colonists in Swansea, Massachusetts, on June 20, 1675, and that began King Philip's War. The Indians laid siege to the town, then destroyed it five days later and killed several more people.
The Lancaster Raid was the first in a series of five planned raids on English colonial towns during the winter of 1675-1676 as part of King Philip's War. Metacom, known by English colonists as King Philip, was a Wampanoag sachem who led and organized Wampanoag warriors during the war.
King Philip may refer to Philip I of Macedon (fl. c. 593 BC) Philip II of Macedon (380–336 BC), Greek conqueror and father of Alexander the Great; Philippe of Belgium (born 1960) Ee-mat-la (died 1839), war leader of the Seminole in the Second Seminole War; Metacomet (died 1676), war leader of the Wampanoag in King Philip's War
The university's grounds on Mount Hope included King Philip's Seat (or "chair"), a large quartz rock formation where Wampanoag sachem King Philip held meetings. The site of King Philip's death in Misery Swamp is nearby. Mount Hope Farm is also nearby. The first battle of King Philip's War took place near here in 1675.
A portrait of Wampanoag sachem Metacomet (King Philip). The Wampanoag sachem Metacomet (King Philip) drew on his alliances with the Nipmuc and Connecticut River valley nations, as King Philip's War raged across the Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island colonies from June 1675 onwards. [1]