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KING PHILIP

King Philip was chief of the Wampanoag Indians. He died in 1676. The son of Massasoit, he succeeded to the chieftainship in 1662. he was for many years friendly to the white settlers, but realised the decline of the Indian races, and was led to hostilities by the encroachment of the colonists which rendered his tribe restless and discontented. In 1675 he inaugurated 'King Philip's War', and enlisted in his service nearly all the New England tribes. Thirteen towns were destroyed, and 600 colonists killed. King Philip was killed at Mount Hope, Rhode Island and his tribe almost annihilated.
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