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- The most notable Narragansett in the battle was Canonchet, the son of Miantonomi, one of the two great sachems (political and military leaders) of the Narragansetts who befriended Roger Williams and gifted him the land to settle Providence.
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The Great Swamp Massacre or the Great Swamp Fight was a crucial battle fought during King Philip's War between the colonial militia of New England and the Narragansett people in December 1675. It was fought near the villages of Kingston and West Kingston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- December 19, 1675
- New England victory
The most notable Narragansett in the battle was Canonchet, the son of Miantonomi, one of the two great sachems (political and military leaders) of the Narragansetts who befriended Roger Williams and gifted him the land to settle Providence.
- Origins of The Narragansett
- Relations with European Settlers
- King Philip’s War
Archaeological evidence places Narragansett peoples in the region that later became the colony and state of Rhode Islandmore than 30,000 years ago. They inhabited the area along Narragansett Bay from present-day Warwick to South Kingstown and were the largest of a number of native tribes living in the area. In 1524, the Italian explorer Giovanni da...
The first European settlers arrived in the region around 1635, and the following year the Narragansett sachems Canonicus and his nephew Miantonomi granted Roger Williamsland use rights to establish the settlement that would become the city of Providence. Williams had been banished by the civil authorities of Massachusetts Bay Colony due to his non-...
Good relations between the Narragansett and the European colonists lasted barely another decade before King Philip’s War—the first major war between colonists and Native Americans—broke out in 1675. Philip was the English name given to Metacom, the chief of the Wampanoag tribe and the son of Massasoit, the Native American leader who famously helped...
- Missy Sullivan
- 8 min
Some of the Narragansett escaped through the swamp, but many of them died of exposure. One of the survivors was Canonchet, the son of the Narragansett sachem (tribal leader) who provided the land on which Roger Williams founded Providence .
Mar 14, 2021 · In December 1675 CE, in the midst of King Philip's War, an army of Puritan colonists made a preemptive strike against the neutral Narragansett tribe. Their desperate battle in the snowy wilderness of...
Nov 8, 2023 · A force of Mohegans and Connecticut militia captured Narragansett sachem Canonchet a few days after the destruction of Providence, while a force of Plymouth militia and Wampanoags hunted down Metacomet. He was shot and killed, ending the war in southern New England, although it dragged on for another year in Maine.
Aug 12, 2020 · King Philip’s War has been called United States’ most devastating conflict. One in 10 soldiers on both sides was killed, 1,200 colonists’ homes were burned, and vast stores of foodstuffs destroyed. The effects of the carnage and property damage were felt for years by colonists.
