Pometacom. Metacomet. Metacom. King Phillip. His mark.
Wampanoag. His home at Pokanoket. Born 1638. A Wampanoag sachem by 1662, after his brother's suspicious death. A diplomat and strategist. Led a confederation of Eastern Woodlands tribes in a rebellion against colonizers in the First Indian War (or King Philip's War), 1675-1676. Fought to reclaim sovereignty, resist subjugation and dispossession, and for #landback.
Assassinated August 12, 1676; dismembered upon his death. Colonizers displayed his head on a spike at so-called Plymouth for over two decades.
His kin: father Ousamequin, the Massasoit. A brother, Wamsutta. Wamsutta’s partner, Namumpum (later called Weetamoo). Pometacom’s partner, Wootonekanuske.
"Quitclaim by Phillip." Rehoboth, Mass. 1668. Seen @ John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI.
