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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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