Great Swamp Fight Memorial, South Kingston, Rhode Island
King Philip's War (1675-1676)
- King Philip's War, also known as Metacom's War or the First Indian War, was an armed conflict between English colonists and the American Indians of New England in the 17th century.
- It was the Native-American's last major effort to drive the English colonists out of New England
Cross-Link to Peskeompskut Massacre or Battle of Great Falls
Peskeompskut Masscre or Battle of Great Falls (May 19, 1676)
King Philip's War and the "Sudbury Fight" from the Sudbury Massachusetts Senior Center.
Biography Resources
Metacomet (King Philip), Native sachem (chief)
Metacomet: Leader of the Wampanoag Tribe
King Philip's Hill, Northfield Massachusetts
Documents from the History and Memory of King Philip's War
King Philip's War- Crash Course
Video about the causes and effects of King Phillip’s War
Map from Sowams Heritage Area
Metacom Relates Indian Complaints about the English Settlers, 1675
- Here is a link to an article about a woman during and after King Philip's War
- For a summary of the war, click here. The video is 17 minutes but is very informative and provides great guidance.
- Here is an interactive website to help learning about the war.
Weetamoo, Female Pocasset Wampanoag Chief
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Weetamoo was a native American member of the Pocasset people. The Pocasset were one of the communities living under the Wampanoag Confederacy.
Weetamoo was her father’s eldest daughter but she had no brothers meaning she would become the sachem after her father (chief). Alongside learning typically skills completed by women like preparing food, agriculture, and hunting, she was trained to fight militarily and she learned diplomacy from her father.
Before Weetamoo was born in a time following the genocide of 90% of the Wampanoag’s population due to disease. Although engaging with diplomacy and cooperation with the English peoples, Weetamoo decided to side with her brother in law Metacom and defend the Wampanoag people from English aggression.
submitted Griffin Gee (February 2025)
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Weetamoo: Life Story, New York Historical Society
Biographical Book: Weeatmoo, Heart of the Pocassets
Our Beloved Kin: A conversation with Professor Lisa Brooks and Professor Barry O'Connell from Amherst College
Women in King Philip's War- A book about Weetamoo, the female Algonquin Chief who fought against the early English settlers.
Women's Roles in Indigenous Societies
A Severe and Proud Woman She Was: Mary Rowlandson Lives Among the Indians, 1675
Go to American Indian Women from Teachinghistory.org for a broader view of women in indigenous societies
- Clan matrons selected men to serve as their chiefs, and they deposed chiefs with whom they were dissatisfied
- Men were generally responsible for hunting, warfare, and interacting with outsiders, therefore they had more visible, public roles. Women, on the other hand, managed the internal operations of the community. They usually owned the family’s housing and household goods, engaged in agricultural food production and gathering of foodstuffs, and reared the children.
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