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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.
Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God is an account of her months of captivity by the Wampanoag during King Philip's War in which she expressed shock at the cruelties from Christian Indians. [43] From Massachusetts, the war spread to other parts of New England.
Massasoit Sachem (/ ˌ m æ s ə ˈ s ɔɪ (ɪ) t / MASS-ə-SOYT, - SOY-it) [1] [2] or Ousamequin (c. 1581 – 1661) [3] was the sachem or leader of the Wampanoag confederacy. Massasoit means Great Sachem. Although Massasoit was only his title, English colonists mistook it as his name and it stuck. [4]
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 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.
Bradford referred to the Pokanoket leader Ousamequin as "their great Sachem, called Massasoit". Ousamequin was succeeded as Great Leader of the Pokanoket by his sons, first by Wamsutta, (also known as Alexander), and then by Metacomet (also known as Philip), who was killed in the King Philip's War (1675–76).
His brother Metacom (Philip) succeeded him as Chief of the Wampanoag. Metacom's wife was Weetamoo's sister, Wootonekanuske. [7] Little is known about Weetamoo's third husband Quequequanachet. She ended the marriage to her fourth husband Petonowit/ Petananuet (called "Ben" by the English [5]) when he sided with the English during King Philip's ...
Upon Massasoit's death, Wamsutta succeeded him as leader of the Pokanoket, assuming authority over tribes between the Charles River in Massachusetts and Narraganset Bay in Rhode Island, including those in eastern Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Wamsutta, whom the English called Alexander, agreed to uphold the peace established by his father.