Wampanoag Chief and War Leader

Wampanoag Chief and War Leader

Metacomet

Metacomet, known to English colonists as King Philip, was a Wampanoag sachem who led a major Native coalition during King Philip's War. Resisting colonial expansion to defend Indigenous land and sovereignty, his fierce resistance marked one of the most violent conflicts in colonial American history.

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Year Metacomet
1638
Birth of Metacomet (Period: Around 1638, Location: Around present-day Massachusetts, United States)
1671
Treaty of Taunton (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1671, Location: Present-day Taunton, Massachusetts)
1675
King Philip’s War (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1675–1678, Location: New England Region)
Murder of John Sassamon (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1675, Location: Around Massachusetts Colony)
1676
Death and Beheading of Metacom (Age: 38 years old, Period: 1676, Location: Around present-day Bristol, Rhode Island)
Death of Metacomet (Age: 38 years old, Period: August 12, 1676)
Unknown
Bestowal of the English Name "Philip" (Period: Around 1660, Location: Plymouth Colony)
Great Swamp Fight (Period: December 1675, Location: Around present-day South Kingstown, Rhode Island)
Marriage (Metacomet, Wootonekanuske, Period: Details Unknown, Location: Wampanoag Territory (Around present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island))

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