This Native American was killed at his ancestral home at Mount Hope when he was betrayed by an informer.
This Native American was killed at his ancestral home at Mount Hope when he was betrayed by an informer. The brother of Wamsutta and second son of Massasoit, his dignity and unbending spirit frightened New England settlers as chief of the Wampanoag Indians, and when three of his warriors were executed for killing the tribal informer John Sassamon he led the Wampanoag, Narragansett, Abnaki, Ninmuck, and Mohawk tribes in war against the settlers. FTP, who was this leader of the most severe Indian war in New England history, known by his regal English name?
This Native American was killed at his ancestral home at Mount Hope when he was betrayed by an informer.
King Philip of Pokanoket or Metacomet