Originally published in 1827, this historical account of Philip's War, also called the Great Indian War of 1675 and 1676, recounts the causes of the bloody battles which killed 600 colonists and 3,000 Native Americans. The conflict destroyed a number of tribes in the area and opened southern New England to unimpeded colonial expansion.
Tradition held that if a person placed his ear to the ground he could hear the sounds of Indian mounts trotting along their old hunting trails; see Joseph Everett Warner, Spirit of Liberty and Union, 1637–1939 (Taunton, Mass.
2010 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine King Philip's War was the most devastating conflict between Europeans and Native Americans in the 1600s.
Margaret M. Bruchac, “Earthshapers and Placemakers: Algonkian Indian Stories and the Landscape,” in Indigenous ... Morrison, The Solidarity of Kin: Ethnohistory, Religious Studies, and the Algonkian-French Religious Encounter (Albany, ...
Sometimes described as "America's deadliest war," King Philip's War proved a critical turning point in the history of New England, leaving English colonists decisively in command of the region at...
Telling the story of what may have been the bitterest of American conflicts, and its reverberations over the centuries, Lepore has enabled us to see how the ways in which we remember past events are as important in their effect on our ...
The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: with Related Documents, Neal Salisbury, ed. ... King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict. ... 3rd Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
New perspectives on three centuries of Indian presence in New England
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Ibid., 31, and personal communication with Paul Robinson (Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission) and E. Pierre Morenon (Rhode Island College), 1991. 133. Personal communication with Paul Robinson, E. Pierre Morenon, Mary Soulsby ...