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Author Church, Benjamin, 1639-1718.

Title The History of Philip's War : commonly called the Great Indian War of 1675 & 1676 / Benjamin Chursh
Published Scituate, MA : Digital Scanning Inc., ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (365 pages)
Contents THE HISTORY OF PHILIP'S WAR -- EDITOR'S PREFACE -- TO THE READER -- THE LIFE OF COL. CHURCH -- THE ENTERTAINING HISTORY OF PHILIP'S WAR -- KING PHILIP -- CAPTURE OF ANNAWON -- THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS IN NEW ENGLAND -- THE FIRST EXPEDITION EAST -- THE SECOND EXPEDITION EAST -- THE THIRD EXPEDITION EAST -- THE FOURTH EXPEDITION EAST -- THE FIFTH AND LAST EXPEDITION EAST -- APPENDIX -- I -- SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY VOYAGES TO, AND SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA -- II -- ORIGIN OF THE SETTLEMENT OF NEWENGLAND -- III -- LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH -- IV -- HISTORY OF THE PEQUOT WAR
V -- REMAINS OF PHILIP'S WAR -- VI -- THE BOLD EXPLOIT OF HANNAH DUSTAN -- VII -- SCHENECTADA DESTROYED -- VIII -SCHUYLER'S EXPEDITION, AND OTHER EVENTS -- IX -- DESTRUCTION OF DEERFIELD -- X -- RAVAGES OF THE EASTERN INDIANS -- XI -- LOVEWELL'S FIGHT -- XII -- ANECDOTES, NARRATIVES, & C., OF THE INDIANS -- XIII -- MASSACRE OF THE CONESTOGOE INDIANS IN PENNSYLVANIA -- XV -- TROUBLES WITH THE INDIANS IN THE LATE WAR WITH ENGLAND -- INDEX
Summary Annotation Originally published in 1827, this historical account of Philip's War, also called the Great Indian War of 1675 and 1676, recounts the causes of the bloody battles which killed 600 colonists and 3,000 Native Americans. The conflict destroyed a number of tribes in the area and opened southern New England to unimpeded colonial expansion
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Subject King Philip's War, 1675-1676.
Discoveries in geography
SUBJECT America -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004240
Subject America
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1582181306
9781582181301