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