Metacom

Metacom, known to English colonists as King Philip, was a Wampanoag leader and the son of Massasoit. He headed a broad Indigenous resistance to colonial expansion in southern New England during King Philip’s War of 1675–1676.

The war devastated Native and colonial communities but ended with Metacom’s death and the destruction or enslavement of many Indigenous groups. His resistance remains central to the history of land loss, sovereignty and colonial violence in New England.

Hourly History’s King Philip’s War recounts the devastating conflict of 1675–1676 between New England colonies and a coalition of Native communities led in part by Metacom, known to colonists as King Philip. Nathaniel Philbrick’s Mayflower then carries the story into the next generation, when population growth, land pressure and mutual distrust destroy the earlier accommodation. Massasoit’s son Metacom leads a coalition against the English in King Philip’s War, while Benjamin Church develops tactics that help break Indigenous resistance. Metacom is treated fictionally in Angela Hunt’s Rehoboth.

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Metacom (1 series)

The Keepers of the Ring in Order

by Angela Hunt 5 books 4.3(4,152)

The Keepers of the Ring is a multigenerational saga of English colonisation and Indigenous survival in North America. Beginning with Roanoke and continuing through Jamestown, the Pequot War, King Philip’s War and the growth of Charles Towne, the series follows a mixed family whose heirloom ring carries memory…