77. King Philip‘s War ,1675-76
It was not only in Virginia and Maryland that the Indians were restless at this time . In New England also they attacked the whites . They were led by Massasoit ＇ s son , King Philip , an able and far - seeing man . He saw with dismay how rapidly the whites were driving the Indians away from their hunting - grounds . The Indians burned the English villages on the frontier and killed hun - dreds of the settlers . The strongest chief to join Philip was Canonchet of the Narragansetts . The colonial soldiers stormed his fort and killed a thousand Indian warriors . Before long King Philip himself was killed , and the war slowly came to an end .
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