The War, spread as far as Northampton, MA (see map, above), took thousands of English and Native lives and forever changed the relationship between the two groups. Most of the defeated tribal people were either killed or forced to leave their homeland and find new places to live as far away as New York and Maine.

Click here for “The Soldier and the King” by Michael Westaway McCue in the June 2002 edition of American History.

Click on the images below for more on the course of the War:

See also:

King Philip’s War Timeline: https://historyofmassachusetts.org/king-philips-war-timeline/

History of King Philip’s War 47-minute video with Michael Tougias: https://youtu.be/fcUppnjTh5U

Weetamoe of the Pocassets sided with King Philip during the War https://sowamsheritagearea.org/wp/weetamoe-of-the-pocassets-sided-with-king-philip-during-the-war/

The Battle of Sudbury https://sowamsheritagearea.org/wp/sudbury-the-birth-of-an-american-town-episode-3/

Ten King Philip’s War site trip with Under the Radar Van https://sowamsheritagearea.org/wp/king-philips-road-trip-with-under-the-radar-van/

History Place 17-minute video about King Philip’s War: https://youtu.be/KgzzqKZZCr8

3 1/2 minute Daily Dose Documentary about King Philip’s War: https://youtu.be/6grqhKbNdJY

King Philip’s War and the Character of Colonial America 89-minute video by the National Association of Scholars: https://youtu.be/A12noya-vEM

King Philip’s War & the Place of Violence in the Northeast 79-minute video with Christine DeLucia: https://youtu.be/s3fBi-SC5BA

ECAT and Community one-hour Forum on King Philip’s War in the Town of Easton with Ed Hands, Marion Wingfield, David Ames and Eric Schultz: https://youtu.be/eeILCCk67Wk

21-minute video of the events leading to King Philip’s War: https://youtu.be/eeILCCk67Wk

The Other States of America 101-minute History Podcast on King Phillip’s War: https://youtu.be/R-WFnrBY2kU

LionHeart FilmWorks 26-minute video on King Philip’s War 1675-1676 – America’s First Great Indian War: https://youtu.be/V4_A7ZsmegA

The History of King Philip’s War in Northfield, MA, 2-hour video: https://youtu.be/p9woVxbYesc

The women in King Philip’s War 69-minute video by author Edward Lodi: https://youtu.be/3-xBPdW6z-M

King Philip’s War A Little History, A Little Genealogy, a 62-minute video with author Eric Schultz: https://youtu.be/-al0BdONaf0

The Public History of King Philip’s War: An 81-minute Panel Discussion: https://youtu.be/YbugEfHE4jM

Lisa Brooks, author of Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War: https://youtu.be/TLJUT4tuZMQ

Author Jill Lepore on King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity: History, Effects, Facts: https://youtu.be/C_l_0zMUNyk