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Metacom (King Philip)

Chief Sachem of the Wampanoag in the war of 1675.

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Also known as
King Philip, Metacomet, King Phillip
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Q729648

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  1. 1675 Metacom (King Philip) leads King Philip’s War
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  1. King Philip's War (1675 - 1678), Roger Williams National Memorial, National Park Service. Primary record
    The Chief Sachem of the Wampanoag, Metacom (or King Phillip as he was known to the English), sent the old men, women, and children of the tribe across Narragansett Bay.
  2. Certificate from Josiah Winslow, Governor of the Colony of Plymouth issued to Thomas Smith, 9 August 1676, Massachusetts Historical Society, 9 Aug 1676. Scholarship & press
    The captives were convicted of assisting Sachem Metacom to resist British rule in the colony of Plymouth
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