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Connecticut Water Trails Program
History Of Connecticut's Water Trails
Native Americans
Connecticut Indian Wars
King Philip's War
(Metacom's Revolt)1675-1676
(America's First Major Indian War) King Philip's War was named after King Philip, chief of the Wampanoag Indians.
"Resolved, That we, as a tribe, will rule ourselves, and have the right to do so; for all men are born free and equal, says the Constitution." - Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, 1833
It was the most devastating war between the colonists and the Native Americans in New England.
The war began when the English executed three Native Americans for murder. It involved several Native American peoples and all the New England colonies before the tribes were defeated.
King Philip's War is sometimes called Metacom's War or Metacom's Rebellion
King Philip's War Battles
"[Philip was] the most powerful enemy that was ever encountered ... [and] came near exterminating the whole English race in New England." - Francis Baylies, 1830
1676 Battles
In May of 1637, the colonists declared
war on the Pequots and, with the help the Mohegans and Narragansetts,
launched a surprise attack at what is now known as Mystic. Hundreds of
Pequots died, and the few survivors were scattered throughout New England
and/or sold into slavery. (Four hundred years later the Pequots would
rise, phoenix-like, from the ashes to make their Foxwoods Casino the
largest casino in the world and establish themselves as a pivotal point in
Connecticut tourism and the state economy.)
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