The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-30
TODAY IN HISTORY
eeelnnlnq of kIno Philips War
THURSDAY, JUNE 80, 1910.

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During the early part of the seven
teenth century In New England. the re-
lations OF the colonists to the Indians
wero threefod; They traced with the In
| dans, they fought with them and they
| preached the gospel TO them. The early
settlers carried on trade with the natives
| because il was profitable and because
| 1t was often necessary TO keep the col
onists from starvation. They sought.
from pure and honest motives, to convert
| the red men 10 Christianity. The Rev
John Eliot. the apostle TO the Indians. Ia
| bored for many years TO give them the
gospel, and translated the Bible into their
language This translation Is now sIent
| literary curiosity. No man can read II,
the language having pcrlshed with the
people that used 1t.
In spite OF the good intent of the col
onists. conflict with the Indians was at
| times inevitable The Indian could not
treaty, nor could he discriminate between
| the honest settler, who sought only to
do him good, and the conscienceless trad =
| er who dafraudcd him.
Soon after the landing Of the Pilgrims,
Philip, son OF Massasoit, chief OF the
WampanoaGs. made treaty OF friendship
with them. This treaty was faithfully
death OF the aged chief Philip and hls
| tribe became estranged from the white
settlers and began 10 prepare for war,
| sued Is known, 1t was apparently spon-
| taneous outburst rather than the result
| OF a conspiracy Of the Indians. II is
| supposed that the Indians, seeing the
| gradual encroachment OF the white men
| upon the lands Of their fathers deter
mined to drive the intruders from the
country.
The war. which is known in history
as King Philips war, began on June 30.
| 1915. with an attack on the town OF
Swansea yanna The The cry Of alarm NJ spread
was Immediate. Three hours after the
messenger had reached Boston, body of
men were on the march from that city
for the Indian country. Other towns re-
sponded with equal vieor. and ere many
days the New England forest rang with
the crack OF the musket and the war
whooD OF the savage.
Philip was bold and powerful leader.
He succeeded in enlstlng the aid Of the
Narrasansetts. but many OF the Indians,
especially those converted by Eliot. as
many Of the settlements In that section
were. burned and the inhabitants MUIR
dered. Hadley was one Of the, chief
were lighting desperately IL Is said that
an aged man with flowing white hair
and beard appeared and took command
driven off. Many thought him an angel
sent from heaven for their delverance- 1t
proved 10 be Coffee. the regicide. who
had long been hiding In the town. Coffee
and his fatherin-law. Whalley, had
signed the death warrant of King Charles
l., and after the restoration they fed to
America and lived In hiding TIL their
death.
During the winter of 1876 thousand
OF the best men of New England marched
against the savage foe. and they were so
successful that by spring the Indians
were on the defensive, Philip became IL
fugitive and escaped his pursuers from
place TO place. AT length he was over
taken in swamp In Rhode Island by
Captain Ben Church OF Plymouth. and
was shot dead by one OF his own race.
The war soon ended. with the power of
the Indians utterly broken.
On June 30 Indian Territory was set
apart exclusively for the Indians in 1894,
u. 5. Grant graduated al West Point.
ranking twenty-first III a class of thirty
nine, in 1si3 The pillory was abolished
by the English parliament in 1897 Gui-
teau. who shot President Garfield, was
hanged in 1882. John Gibbons was made
cardinal of the Roman Catholic church.
in the United States. in 1886. Today is
the birthday OF William a, Wheeler vice
president OF the United States under
Hayes QS19); James A Whitney. lawyer
and author QS39) and Edward Burgess,
noted yacht designer (1SdS).