 |  | Posted August 25th, 2012 at 06:02 AM by Baltis Updated September 13th, 2012 at 09:42 AM by Baltis
January 6, 1676 - Massachusetts was rebuffed by Connecticut in its attempt to raise another 1,000 men for the army. Connecticut's contingent took most of the loss at Great Swamp and had no interest in sending in another round. Recruiting had become difficult. January 12 - Various attempts at negotiation after the Great Swamp Fight ceased with no settlement. January 14 - Joshua Tefft captured near Providence while in the company of some enemy Indians. He admitted to being...
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 | | Posted August 20th, 2012 at 11:34 AM by Baltis Updated September 13th, 2012 at 09:42 AM by Baltis
War Comes: January 29, 1675 – John Sassamon’s is killed and body dumped in Assawompsett Pond a few miles south of Middleborough. John was a Christian Indian killed by three Wampanoags (including Tobias who was one of Philip’s counselor). A few days earlier Sassamon tried to warn the Plymouth Colony of a general conspiracy among the tribes led by the Wampanoags. June 1, 1675 – Tobias, Wampapaquan, and Mattashunnamo (defendants) are tried for murder of John Sassamon. When...
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| | Posted August 20th, 2012 at 11:14 AM by Baltis Updated September 13th, 2012 at 09:44 AM by Baltis
Beginning: Philip becomes head Sachem of the Wampanoag at Alexander's death in 1662.  Murder of Sassamon In January of 1675, John Sassamon came to Plymouth with warning of an imminent uprising from King Philip and the Wampanoags. Rumors of such an uprising surfaced every two or three years for the past decade and were likely taken with the proverbial 'grain of salt'. Unfortunately,...
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| | Posted August 12th, 2012 at 06:39 AM by Baltis
AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES DURING KING PHILIP'S WAR THE HOSTILE TRIBES: Algonkian - (Algonquian) All of the New England tribes were part of the overall group known as Algonkian Indians. They lived to the east of the Mountains while the Algonquin tribes (six nations) lived to the west of the Mountains. In King Philip's War, the power of the Algonkian tribes was mostly broken as they fell into decline.  ...
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