06-28-2011, 10:16 AM
Who was King Philip?
Metacom, King Philip as the colonists called him, became leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy in 1662, was the second son of Chief Massasoit, and was known as Metacomet and Philip of Pokanoket.
When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620, it was Massasoit's territory they invaded. Massasoit's principle residence was with the Pokanoket at Sowams in Rhode Island, but he was Grand Sachem of the whole Wampanoag Confederacy and had as many as 31 sub tribes under him.
Metacom/King Philip was born c. 1638, either in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, probably in Sowans, Rhode Island and lived at Mount Hope. He married an Indian woman named Wootonekanuske. She was born in Pocasset, Massachusetts. A son of Philip, a daughter of Philip, a child of Philip, and Lucy, another daughter, were born to this couple. No one knows how many children King Philip and Wootonekanuske had or what happened to them. A child of Philip was buried on April 1, 1671, at Mount Hope. His wife and son, age 9, were captured during the war and sold into slavery in the West Indies as were hundreds of other Indians. His daughter Lucy had escaped by canoe to Canada.
Metacom, King Philip as the colonists called him, became leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy in 1662, was the second son of Chief Massasoit, and was known as Metacomet and Philip of Pokanoket.
When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620, it was Massasoit's territory they invaded. Massasoit's principle residence was with the Pokanoket at Sowams in Rhode Island, but he was Grand Sachem of the whole Wampanoag Confederacy and had as many as 31 sub tribes under him.
Metacom/King Philip was born c. 1638, either in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, probably in Sowans, Rhode Island and lived at Mount Hope. He married an Indian woman named Wootonekanuske. She was born in Pocasset, Massachusetts. A son of Philip, a daughter of Philip, a child of Philip, and Lucy, another daughter, were born to this couple. No one knows how many children King Philip and Wootonekanuske had or what happened to them. A child of Philip was buried on April 1, 1671, at Mount Hope. His wife and son, age 9, were captured during the war and sold into slavery in the West Indies as were hundreds of other Indians. His daughter Lucy had escaped by canoe to Canada.