King Philip's War,9780881504347

King Philip's War

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ISBN13: 9780881504347
ISBN10: 0881504343
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-09-01
Publisher(s): Countryman Pr
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Summary

This ambitious work details the events of the little known two-year Indian rebellion that reduced many of New England's settlements to ashes and marked a turning point in the battle for control of land in the New World. 70 illustrations. 10 maps.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1(10)
PART I A BRIEF HISTORY OF KING PHILIP'S WAR
New England Before the War
11(26)
Map of Major Tribes of New England at the Time of King Philip's War
13(4)
The Quest for Land
17(5)
Events Leading to King Philip's War
22(9)
Who Was King Philip?
31(6)
The Outbreak of War in Southeastern New England
37(22)
Map of Outbreak of War and Metacom's Escape from Mount Hope
38(8)
The War Spreads to the Connecticut River Valley and Maine
46(6)
War with the Narrangansett
52(2)
Winter 1676: The Algonquian Victories
54(5)
Spring 1676: The Tide Turns
59(26)
The Closing Campaign in Southeastern Massachusetts
64(6)
Close of the Eastern War
70(3)
Some Notes on the War's Aftermath
73(9)
Map of Major Battles of King Philip's War
82(3)
PART II THE SITES
King Philip's War in Southeastern Massachusetts
85(58)
Alexander's Capture, Halifax, Massachusetts
85(2)
The Winslow Home, Marshifield, Massachusetts
87(1)
Treaty At Taunton, Massachusetts
88(8)
The Death Of John Sassamon, Lakeville, Massachusetts
96(2)
Attack On Swansea, Massachusetts
98(6)
Boston, Massachusetts, During King Philip's War
104(5)
Woodcock's Garrison, North Attleboro, Massachusetts
109(2)
Attack on Middleboro, Massachusetts
111(4)
Attack on Old Dartmouth, Massachusetts
115(5)
The Pocasset Swamp Fight, Tiverton, Rhode Island, and Fall River, Massachusetts
120(4)
Raid on Clark's Garrison, Plymouth, Massachusetts
124(2)
Attack on Bridgewater, Massachusetts
126(3)
Weetamoe's Drowning, Swansea, Massachusetts
129(2)
Anawan's Capture, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
131(12)
King Philip's War in Central and Western Massachusetts
143(92)
Nipmuc Camps
143(3)
Attack On Mendon, Massachusetts
146(1)
Wheeler's Surprise, New Braintree, Massachusetts
147(1)
Map of Wheeler's Surprise and the Brookfield Siege
148(7)
Siege of Brookfield, West Brookfield, Massachusetts
155(6)
Battle of South Deerfield, Whately, Massachusetts
161(2)
Beers' Ambush, Northfield, Massachusetts
163(1)
Map of Beers' Ambush
164(5)
Bloody Brook, South Deerfield, Massachusetts
169(2)
Map of the Battle of Bloody Brook
171(5)
Attack on Springfield, Massachusetts
176(4)
Attack on Hatfield, Massachusetts
180(3)
Mohawk Ambush of Philip, Schaghticoke, New York
183(2)
Raid on Eames Garrison, Framingham, Massachusetts
185(1)
Attack on Lancaster, Massachusetts
185(1)
Map of the Attack on Lancaster
186(8)
Attack on Medfield, Massachusetts
194(6)
Attack on Groton, Massachusetts
200(3)
Attack on Northampton, Massachusetts
203(3)
Attack on Marlboro, Massachusetts
206(4)
The Sudbury Fight, Sudbury, Massachusetts
210(2)
Map of the Sudbury Fight
212(8)
Battle of Turner's Falls, Montague, Massachusetts
220(1)
Map of the Battle of Turner's Falls
221(5)
The Attack on Hadley, Massachusetts, and the ``Angel of God''
226(6)
The Talcott Massacre, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
232(3)
King Philip's War in Rhode Island and Connecticut
235(68)
Pokanoket Homeland, Warren and Bristol, Rhode Island
235(3)
The Battle of Almy's Pease Field, Tiverton, Rhode Island
238(3)
Nipsachuck Swamp Fight, Smithfield, Rhode Island
241(3)
The Great Swamp Fight, South Kingstown, Rhode Island
244(1)
Map of the Great Swamp Fight
245(29)
Destruction of Simsbury, Connecticut
274(2)
Pierce's Fight, Central Falls, Rhode Island
276(2)
Map of Pierce's Fight
278(4)
Attack on Providence, Rhode Island
282(2)
Attack on Old Rehoboth, East Providence, Rhode Island
284(2)
Canonchet's Capture, Cumberland, Rhode Island
286(1)
Philip's Death, Bristol, Rhode Island
287(9)
Benjamin Church's Little Compton, Rhode Island
296(7)
King Philip's War in Maine and New Hampshire
303(16)
Abenaki Assaults in Maine
303(6)
Attack on Clarke and Lake Trading Post, Arrowsic, Maine
309(3)
Destruction of Indian Fort, Ossipee, New Hampshire
312(1)
Events at Black Point, Scarborough, Maine
313(6)
PART III THE DIARIES AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS
The Diary of Captain Benjamin Church
319(22)
Excerpts from The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
341(16)
Map of Mary Rowlandson's Westward Removes
343(14)
Captain Thomas Wheeler's Narrative
357(6)
Notes 363(33)
Bibliography 396(13)
Index 409

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