· Contents ·

Preface

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

PART I · A BRIEF HISTORY OF KING PHILIP’S WAR

Chapter 1: New England before the War

Map of Major Tribes of New England at the Time of King Philip’s War

The Quest for Land

Events Leading to King Philip’s War

Who Was King Philip?

Chapter 2: The Outbreak of War in Southeastern New England

Map of Outbreak of War and Metacom’s Escape from Mount Hope

The War Spreads to the Connecticut River Valley and Maine

War with the Narrangansett

Winter 1676: The Algonquian Victories

Chapter 3: Spring 1676: The Tide Turns

The Closing Campaign in Southeastern Massachusetts

Close of the Eastern War

Some Notes on the War’s Aftermath

Map of Major Battles of King Philip’s War

PART II · THE SITES

Chapter 4: King Philip’s War in Southeastern Massachusetts

Alexander’s Capture, Halifax, Massachusetts

The Winslow Home, Marshfield, Massachusetts

Treaty at Taunton, Massachusetts

The Death of John Sassamon, Lakeville, Massachusetts

Attack on Swansea, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts, During King Philip’s War

Woodcock’s Garrison, North Attleboro, Massachusetts

Attack on Middleboro, Massachusetts

Attack on Old Dartmouth, Massachusetts

The Pocasset Swamp Fight, Tiverton, Rhode Island, and Fall River, Massachusetts

Raid on Clark’s Garrison, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Attack on Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Weetamoe’s Drowning, Swansea, Massachusetts

Anawan’s Capture, Rehoboth, Massachusetts

Chapter 5: King Philip’s War in Central and Western Massachusetts

Nipmuc Camps

Attack on Mendon, Massachusetts

Wheeler’s Surprise, New Braintree, Massachusetts

Map of Wheeler’s Surprise and the Brookfield Siege

Siege of Brookfield, West Brookfield, Massachusetts

Battle of South Deerfield, Whately, Massachusetts

Beers’ Ambush, Northfield, Massachusetts

Map of Beers’ Ambush

Bloody Brook, South Deerfield, Massachusetts

Map of the Battle of Bloody Brook

Attack on Springfield, Massachusetts

Attack on Hatfield, Massachusetts

Mohawk Ambush of Philip, Schaghticoke, New York

Raid on Eames Garrison, Framingham, Massachusetts

Attack on Lancaster, Massachusetts

Map of the Attack on Lancaster

Attack on Medfield, Massachusetts

Attack on Groton, Massachusetts

Attack on Northampton, Massachusetts

Attack on Marlboro, Massachusetts

The Sudbury Fight, Sudbury, Massachusetts

Map of the Sudbury Fight

Battle of Turner’s Falls, Montague, Massachusetts

Map of the Battle of Turner’s Falls

The Attack on Hadley, Massachusetts, and the “Angel of God”

The Talcott Massacre, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Chapter 6: King Philip’s War in Rhode Island and Connecticut

Pokanoket Homeland, Warren and Bristol, Rhode Island

The Battle of Almy’s Pease Field, Tiverton, Rhode Island

Nipsachuck Swamp Fight, Smithfield, Rhode Island

The Great Swamp Fight, South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Map of the Great Swamp Fight

Destruction of Simsbury, Connecticut

Pierce’s Fight, Central Falls, Rhode Island

Map of Pierce’s Fight

Attack on Providence, Rhode Island

Attack on Old Rehoboth, East Providence, Rhode Island

Canonchet’s Capture, Cumberland, Rhode Island

Philip’s Death, Bristol, Rhode Island

Benjamin Church’s Little Compton, Rhode Island

Chapter 7: King Philip’s War in Maine and New Hampshire

Abenaki Assaults in Maine

Attack on Clarke and Lake Trading Post, Arrowsic, Maine

Destruction of Indian Fort, Ossipee, New Hampshire

Events at Black Point, Scarborough, Maine

PART III · THE DIARIES AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS

Chapter 8: The Diary of Captain Benjamin Church

Chapter 9: Excerpts from The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

Map of Mary Rowlandson’s Westward Removes

Chapter 10: Captain Thomas Wheeler’s Narrative

Notes

Bibliography

Index