Metacomet

We see that as well shortly thereafter in one of the most popular written accounts published in North America, which is the narrative of the captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, which is often sometimes called the sovereignty and goodness of God.

And this was a woman who is a resident of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who was taken captive in the course of an ongoing war between European settlers, and indigenous people in the period that's sometimes called King Philip's War or Metacomet's War.

And she has a period of captivity that she documents in her narrative.

But you'll see again a language that recurs the vast and howling wilderness.

So with that said, you know, take this with a grain of salt, but according to tribal lore, this land itself was sacred to the Wampanoag people long before colonization.

In fact, in modern times, many points to the sinister energy surrounding this forest as starting all the way back with the removal of Native Americans during King Philip's War.

This would have been in 1675 and 1678.

Now, in this war, Wampanoag chief Metacomet, among many other names such as King Philip, was murdered.

And so immediately, you know, It could be a little bit of colonial guilt here that we're talking about where the indigenous peoples are displaced and because of that, you know, the psychological effect is, well, make the victim the evil party or the origin of evil to kind of smooth over these awkward feelings we're having.

It's a complicated thing to talk about, but I can't help but feel honest about it.

This happened in 1675.

King Philip was actually named Metacom and he was the leader.

They fought.

They lost.

His family was sold into slavery.

200 years later, they would name a bird shit runner after this man.

I'm sorry, Metacom.

R.I.P.

Reason shall steer and skill disarm the gale.

Philip Fernal Early in 1491, the Council of Salamanca reported that the proposed enterprise was vain and impossible of execution, and Ferdinand accepted the decision.

Indignant at the thought of years he had wasted, Columbus started for Paris to lay his plan before the King of France.

He was accompanied by his son Diego, and stopped one night at the convent of La Rabida, near Palos, to ask for food and shelter.

Why was I seated by my prince’s side, Honored, caressed, like some first peer of Spain? Was it that I might fall most suddenly From honor’s summit to the sink of scandal? ’Tis done, ’tis done! What madness is ambition! What is there in that little breath of men Which they call fame, that should induce the brave To forfeit ease and that domestic bliss Which is the lot of happy ignorance, Less glorious aims, and dull humility? Whoever thou art that shall aspire to honor, And on the strength and vigor of the mind Vainly depending, court a monarch’s favor, Pointing the way to vast extended empire, First count your pay to be ingratitude, Then chains and prisons, and disgrace like mine.

Each wretched pilot now shall spread his sails, And treading in my footsteps, hail new worlds, Which, but for me, had still been empty visions.

Philip Freneau.

On November , Columbus landed in Spain after a fourth voyage to America, during which he had endured sufferings and privations almost beyond description.

Part 1.

Metacomet, or Philip, had succeeded his father, Massasoit, as chief of the Wampanoags, and endeavored to maintain friendly relations with the English.

But in June 1675, some of his young men attacked the village of Swansea and started the desperate struggle known as King Philip's War.

For months the Indians ravaged the frontier, and on September 18th all but annihilated a picked force of eighty men, the flower of Essex.

But despite the odds, New England natives continued to resist the English.

In 1675, Native Americans launched their biggest attack on New England colonists in what would come to be known as King Philip's War.

It was led by a Wampanoag chief named Medicom, which is why it is also sometimes called Medicom's War.

The English called Medicom King Philip due to their fantastic cultural sensitivity.

The conflict was marked by brutality on both sides, and it nearly ended English settlements in the northeast.

The fighting itself lasted two years.

About 1,000 of the 52,000 Europeans and 3,000 of the 20,000 Indians involved died in the war.

As I mentioned before, the war was particularly brutal.

Oh, yes.

And someone who really didn't like this was Metacom, the Wampanoag chief sachem, who was Massasoit's youngest son and had been chosen as leader.

He sounds a bit like a Transformer, doesn't he?

Metacom.

Metacom.

Yeah, he's also, his name's also spelled as Metacomet sometimes-

Oh, wow

... which I think is pretty cool.