King Philips War
parties signed a
Peace Treaty
1678
Battle of Mount Hope;
Metacomet killed
Battle of Turner's Falls;
an attack at Peskeopscut
an attack on Sudbury
pursuing Plymouth Colony
troops ambushed
the Metacomet's coalition
raided Lancaster
a blitz assault by Mohawks
on their traditional enemies
Metacomet hoped to find aid
in Schaghticoke
1676
The Great Swamp Battle
abandoned Narragansett villages
set to fire by colonial militia
attack in Springfield;
Morgan's Block House besieged
prepared militia attacked
(in Hatfield)
battle of Bloody Brook;
escorted wagons ambushed
the raid on Brookfield &
Ayers' garrison besieged
The Wheeler's Surprise;
ambushed by Nipmucs
killings in Mendon &
the Albee's mill destroyed
Nemasket burned;
villagers withdrawn on time
Mount Hope destroyed
by a punitive expedition
in retaliation Wampanoag
Warriors raided Swansea
a pokanoket villager
killed by an English farmer
1675