Category: King Philip's War

"Metacomet"

11/30/2022

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Metacomet was the son of Wampanoag Indian Chief Massasoit.
When his father died, Metacomet became Chief of the Wampanoags.
Metacomet was renamed “King Philip," by choice, through the Plymouth Court.
1676 was King Philip's War with the colonists.
Wampanoag Indian John Alderman (who used to be Metacomet's counselor) murdered Metacomet.
John Alderman served under Capt. Benjaman Church who led the first American Rangers.
Metacomet’s head was sold to Plymouth Colony for thirty shillings.

1772 Political Cartoon 0f Metacomet by Paul Revere

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Work Cited
Paul Revere's "Philip, King of Mount Hope", from Thomas Church's "The Entertaining History of King Philip's War": A Conservator's Analysis Author(s): THERESA FAIRBANKS HARRIS Source: Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin , 2013, Teaching with Art (2013), pp. 120- 125 Published by: Yale University, acting through the Yale University Art Gallery Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23612148

"King Philip's War"

11/30/2022

New England’s Second Colonial Armed Conflict: King Philip’s War Remembered

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By Julianne Jennings (2018)
Indian Country News

(During), New England’s second colonial armed conflict ... on August 12, 1676, Philip fled to the "miry swamp" where he was assassinated by one of Captain Benjamin Church’s Indian Rangers, John Alderman. Upon inspection of Philip’s body, Church is quoted as saying “a doleful, great, naked, dirty beast.” Philip was then butchered in a manner standard with English punishment for treason by drawing and quartering.

He was left unburied and beheaded. His head was sent to Plymouth where it was posted for twenty years and a special “Thanksgiving” was celebrated. Some claim that his hand was nailed up in Boston Common for many years.

Bourne adds that in King Philip’s War, Samuel Morely, a keen Indian fighter, managed to capture 54 Narragansett prisoners (near Wickford, Rhode Island) who he sold into slavery. It was now understood that slavery was the one of the factors for continuing the war and the reality of slavery becoming a major industry of the war.

Work Cited
https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/new-englands-second-colonial-armed-conflict-king-philips-war-remembered
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/217.html

"Benjamin Church" and "John Alderman"

11/30/2022

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Benjamin Church (1676)

Very first Captain of the American Rangers
99 years before U.S. Army founded in 1775
10 years before United States Declared its Independence; becoming official in 1776.

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Johnathan (John) Alderman (1676)

Wampanoag Indian and close associate and counselor to Metacomet who was also named King Philip.
Brother was abruptly murdered by Metacomet/King Philip.
In revenge, John Alderman changed sides from his Wampanoag Tribe and serve the Rangers to work for Benjamin Church.
Murdered his own Wampanoag tribal leader Metacomet/King Philip.
John Alderman was a traitor to his own Indian people.

An English captain scouts for Wampanoag with two native allies c.1676 - Source Warefare Historican

Further Reading:
"Restoring Balance – Reconstructing Indigenous Strategies in King Philip’s War" by William G. Merritt is his thesis paper from his Undergraduate Honors Program at Bridgewater State University (2021)
https://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1485&context=honors_proj.

Work Cited
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Church_(ranger)
https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/new-englands-second-colonial-armed-conflict-king-philips-war-remembered
http://warfarehistorian.blogspot.com/2015/01/new-england-ablaze-king-philips-war.html

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"Benjamin Church" and "John Alderman"

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New England’s Second Colonial Armed Conflict: King Philip’s War Remembered