<a href="https://thehistoryoftheamericans.com/maps-of-king-philips-war/">Maps of New England during King Philip’s War</a>
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It is the fall of 1675, and &#8220;King Philip&#8217;s War&#8221; rages on. The English colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Connecticut have been at war with the Wampanoag nation and its powerful allies, the Nipmucs, since late June. The Indians are beating the English everywhere, in part because the English cannot easily distinguish friendly and neutral Indians from enemies.
The still neutral Narragansetts were the most powerful nation in the region. Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth did not, however, believe that the Narragansetts were in fact neutral, in part because some of their young fighters had gone rogue and joined with Nipmucs and also because the Narragansetts would not turn over Wampanoag refugees who had taken shelter in their lands. Paranoic fear of the Narragansetts would lead the New English to the most catastrophic diplomatic and military blunder in the history of European settlement up to that time. This is that story.
And don&#8217;t miss the &#8220;trees of death&#8221;!
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Selected references for this episode (Commission earned for Amazon purchases through the episode notes on our website)
Matthew J. Tuininga, <a href="https://amzn.to/4bz2cYK">The Wars of the Lord: The Puritan Conquest of America’s First People</a>
Nathaniel Philbrick, <a href="https://amzn.to/3FQFr6G">Mayflower: Voyage, Community, War</a>
Thomas Church, <a href="https://amzn.to/4l1TCFz">The History of Philip&#8217;s War: Commonly Called the Great Indian War, of 1675 and 1676</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Swamp_Fight">The Great Swamp Fight (Wikipedia)</a>

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