Person
Metacom (King Philip)
Chief Sachem of the Wampanoag in the war of 1675.
- Also known as
- King Philip, Metacomet, King Phillip
- Wikidata
- Q729648
Connections 2
leads
- King Philip’s War 1675 Primary record 1
appears in
- Plymouth certificate of 1676 Scholarship & press 2
Timeline 1 date
- 1675 Metacom (King Philip) leads King Philip’s War
Proof 2 sources
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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.
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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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