Because he couldn't read, this leader thought that a treaty he signed perpetually restricting hisability to sell his land to "strangers" was good for only seven years.
Because he couldn't read, this leader thought that a treaty he signed perpetually restricting hisability to sell his land to "strangers" was good for only seven years. That treaty was broken when theother party established the city of Swansea. This man was killed at Mount Hope by John Alderman,who served in a force commanded by Benjamin Church. He may have ordered the killing of John (*)Sassamon after Sassamon ratted out this man's alliance with the Nipmucks. He achieved his highest postafter the death of his brother, Wamsutta. In a popular memoir, Mary Rowlandson recounted meeting thisleader during her captivity. This man's head was displayed for 25 years in Plymouth. For 10 points, namethis leader of the Wampanoag who fought a namesake 17th century war with British colonists.
Because he couldn't read, this leader thought that a treaty he signed perpetually restricting hisability to sell his land to "strangers" was good for only seven years.
Metacomet [or King Philip or Pometacom]