King Philips War

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Across
  1. 1. – Catastrophic factor that killed most Native people before the war
  2. 4. – European mass-firing technique used by colonial troops
  3. 5. – Native nation whose homeland was the heart of the early conflict
  4. 9. – Native Christian converts sometimes allied with English forces
  5. 10. – Key factor that weakened Native forces by spring 1676
  6. 11. – Metacom’s home group on the Mount Hope Peninsula
  7. 13. – Primary Native tactic early in the war
  8. 15. – Experience Mary Rowlandson famously wrote about
  9. 17. – Central Massachusetts Native group involved in the war
  10. 18. – English woman who described her time among Native captors
  11. 21. – Metacom’s brother who died under suspicious circumstances
  12. 22. – Town where fighting first erupted in June 1675
  13. 24. – Native group that fought alongside the English
  14. 28. – Rhode Island settlement burned during the conflict
  15. 29. – English part-time fighters who trained only occasionally
  16. 30. – Native dwellings burned by English in the Great Swamp Fight
  17. 33. – Central cause of Native hostility toward English expansion
  18. 34. – Powerful tribe devastated at the Great Swamp Fight
  19. 35. – Site where Lathrop’s convoy was wiped out during evacuation
  20. 36. – Peninsula stronghold where Philip surveyed the region
  21. 37. – Town where English suffered a siege after Wheeler’s ambush
  22. 38. – Prominent Narragansett leader referenced in historical discussions
  23. 39. – Native marksmen who used precision weapons in battle
Down
  1. 2. – Modern term used to describe post-war colonial reprisals
  2. 3. – 1676 battle often considered the last major Native victory
  3. 6. – Father of Metacom who maintained peace with Plymouth
  4. 7. – Infamous December 1675 attack on a Native fort
  5. 8. – English animals that destroyed Native crops and fueled tension
  6. 9. – What Philip’s head was placed on in Plymouth
  7. 12. – Town attacked in 1676 where Rowlandson was captured
  8. 14. – Allied tribe assisting English military efforts
  9. 16. – Religious group that authored many early histories of the war
  10. 19. – Female Saconet sachem who sought survival for her people
  11. 20. – Terrain where Philip hid his people early in the war
  12. 23. – Traditional resource areas denied to Natives during the war
  13. 25. – Fate of many Native prisoners after the conflict
  14. 26. – Region where many Native captives were sold
  15. 27. – English commander who adopted Native-style tactics
  16. 31. – Indigenous Christian convert who killed Philip
  17. 32. – Wampanoag leader called “King Philip” by the English