King Philip’s War

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Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882) (Caption and Photo credit: Wikipedia)

King Philip is Metacomet, a Wampanoag

Massasoit = Wampanoag chief or sachem
Pokanotet = a tribe belonging to the Wampanoag confederacy
Wamsutta = Alexander (Massasoit’s 1st son)
Metacomet = Philip (Massasoit’s 2nd son)

In my last post, dated 16 September 2015, I mentioned King Philip’s War. One is tempted to think King Philip was a European monarch. He wasn’t. Philip is the name adopted by Metacomet or Metacom (c. 1638 – 1676), to which the English attached the word King. Philip was the second son of Wampanoagchief (sachem)Massasoitwhohad five children. Hisfirst son was Wamsutta, renamed Alexander.

Statue ofPokanoket leaderMassasoit Ousamequin in Plymouth (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Tribal Territories in Southern New England(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Abenaki (Maine) (Jean-Vincent d’Abbadie)
Massachusett
Narragansett (Rhode Island)
Nauset (“Cape Cod fishhook”)
Mohegan
Wampanoag

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Bernard-Anselme and Joseph d’Abbadie: Sons of a Different Mind

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Baron de Saint-Castin by William H. Lowe, 1881, Wilson Museum Archives(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Baron’s Sons: Bernard-Anselme & Joseph

Jean-Vincent d’Abbadie de Saint-Castin had several children, most of them born to Pidianske, one of the daughters of Abenaki chief Madokawando. Two are known to historians and to the curious: Bernard-Anselme d’Abbadie (1689 – 1720) and Joseph d’Abbadie(active 1720 – 1746).

Both sons continued to fight the English, which had been their father’s mission, but did so in what appears a less aggressive manner. Jean-Vincent participated in King Philip’s War (1675 -1678), a conflict which was a response to attacks on New England settlers by Amerindians. Jean-Vincent d’Abbadie had played an active role in these attacks. King Philip’s War decimated the Amerindian population of New England. Of a total of 3,400 men, only 400 Amerindians survived, but on Britain’s side, of a total of 3,500, 2,900 men survived.

Jean-Vincent d’Abbadie did fulfill his responsibilities…

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