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Contrary to popular belief, English colonists did not immediately come to America and begin a wholesale slaughter of Native Americans. Through the Providence of God the Mayflower landed at a site where the Native American tribe (the Pautuxet tribe) that previously occupied the land had been wiped out by a plague several years earlier. The loan survivor of the Pautuxets, Squanto, had attached himself to the neighboring Wampanoag tribe. This, too, was providential, as Squanto, who spoke English, was able to help secure a peace treaty between the Puritans and the Wampanoags. This 55 year peace ended in 1675 with the outbreak of King Phillip's War.

In this treaty were the following provisions among others:

1 Indians and Puritans vowed not to injure each other, and if there was injury the offender would be sent to the offended for punishment.

2 Indians and Puritans would not steal from one another, and if they did it would be restored.

3 If an unjust war were perpetrated on either party, the other party would aid them.

Ironically the third provision listed above worked against King Phillip, the chief of the Wampanoag tribe in 1675, when he started attacking other Wampanoags who had been set up in praying towns. About a dozen or so praying towns had been set up in New England for Native Americans who converted to Christianity and wanted to conform their lives to the standards of Holy Scripture. King Phillip began preparations to attack these praying towns because he was angry that the Christian Wampanoags were rejecting their heritage.

Before he opened his planned campaign against these Christian Indians, John Sassamon, an Indian converted to Christianity, warned the Puritan leaders of the impending attacks. Shortly after this incident Sassamon's body was found in Assawompset Pond by some Puritans. Another Indian, named Patuckson, testified that he saw three of King Phillip's top lieutenants kill Sassamon and dump his body in the frozen pond. The three men were convicted and executed for murder.

After the trial, relations between the Wampanoags and the Colonists were tense. When King Phillip began attacking the praying towns the Puritans responded by coming to the defense of their Christian brethren who were now entangled in an unjust war perpetrated by King Phillip. Nearly 4000 lost their lives in King Phillip's War. The combined population of the Wampanoags and the colonists was only 72,000, making this one of the bloodiest wars in American history. More than half of New England's towns were devastated by Native American warriors, and after the war 10 of the original 14 praying towns were disbanded.

King Phillip's War was not the first Indian uprising on American soil, but its scope probably effected the beginning of American unity, which eventually lead to the American war for Independence. Harvard Professor Jill Lepore, in her book The Name of War, proposed that the trials and tribulations suffered during the war gave the colonists a national identity separate from subjects of the English Crown.

Randy Pope, our primary author, is the founder of http://www.ModestClothingDistributors.com. He served on City Council ran for School Board, City Treasurer and State Representative. He has worked inside and outside of the political machine for over 30 years. Randy has a burden to bring a Christian worldview to the market place of ideas. He is now doing this at http://www.christianworldviewofhistoryandculture.com

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