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Wampanoag

Massasoit's people of southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the islands — allies of Plymouth for fifty years.

Destroyed as a territorial power in King Philip's War (1675-76); Metacom killed August 1676; survived at Mashpee and Aquinnah.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 5 border frames for Wampanoag — the shape you scrub through changes in 1000 BC · 1524 · 1620 · 1676 · 1801.

Moments from the Chronicle

• 1620 Plymouth founded The Mayflower colonists settle at the emptied Wampanoag town of Patuxet.
• 1676 Native power broken in the south of New England Metacom is killed; Wampanoag, Narragansett and Nipmuc cease to exist as territorial powers.

Further reading

• The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity Jill Lepore · 1998

  King Philip’s War, led by the Wampanoag sachem Metacom (“King Philip”).

• Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War Lisa Brooks · 2018

  An Indigenous-centered retelling of King Philip’s War.

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Sources

• Wampanoag — Wikipedia