A short history of Rhode Island
CHAPTER X.
KING PHILIP'S WAR.
Wamsutta summoned before the General Court at Plymouth, 67
His death, 67
Indignation of the Indians, especially King Philip, 68
Condition of the Indians, 68
Attack on Swanzey, 69
The Indians pursued by the English, 69
Philip and his allies besieged in a swamp at Pocasset, 71
His escape, 71
The Indian attack on Hadley, 71
Goffe, the regicide, 72
Philip joined the Narragansetts, 72
Battle in the swamp, 73
Indians defeated, and their village destroyed, 74
Depredations in Rhode Island, 75
Death of Canonchet, 76
Death of Philip and end of the war, 77
Condition of the country after the war, 77