King Philip’s War Event Timeline

1675

June 19, 1675 – Plymouth Governor Josiah Winslow’s house attacked

June 20, 1675 – Swansea looted by Pokanoket men and several homes are looted and destroyed, displacing some of the English settlers.

June 21 -22, 1675 – Plymouth Governor Josiah Winslow ordered 200 men to be raised, and Boston prepares for diplomatic negotiations with Nipmuc, Narraganset, Niantic and King Philip.

June 23, 1675 – Boy shoots Pokanoket man, and the war begins

June 24, 1675 – Pokanokets attack and kill nine Swansea settlers

June 26, 1675 – Captain Savage heads to Boston to inform Governor Leverett of the war. In response, several Massachusetts Bay Companies are mustered at Boston and sent to Swansea.

June 27, 1675 – Taunton is attacked

June 29, 1675 – Captain Mathew Fuller and an armed company of men wish to negotiate with Weetamoe, and are attacked when landing in Pocasset territory.

June 30, 1675 – Old Rehoboth is attacked

June 30 – July 1, 1675 – English soldiers under Major Thomas Savage move into Pokanoket peninsula. During this time King Philip’s forces escape across Mount Hope Bay into Pocasset territory and are joined with Weetamoe’s Pocasset forces.

July 9, 1675 – Middleboro and Dartmouth are destroyed

July 1675 – Narragansetts “harass” Providence settlers

July 14, 1675 – Nipmuc Indians attack Mendon

July 19, 1675 – Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Colony forces storm Pocasset Swamp

July 28, 1675 – Captain Hutchinson of Massachusetts Bay is on a diplomatic mission to Nipmuc; he seeks to secure Nipmuc allegiance.

July 29, 1675 – King Philip’s force cross the Taunton River, and he abandons civilians who were later surrendered to Plymouth Colony and were largely sold into slavery.

July 30, 1675 – Connecticut Colony Indian forces under Oneco arrive from Boston in Old Rehoboth

August 1-2, 1675 – First Battle of Nipsachuck

August 2, 1675 – “Wheeler’s Surprise” – Captain Hutchinson’s diplomatic party is ambushed by Muttawmp’s forces on way to meet Nipmuc sachems.

August 2-3, 1675 – Muttawmp attacks Brookfield

August 5, 1675 – King Philip arrives at Menameset Fort

August 22, 1675 – Monoco attacks Lancaster

August 25, 1675 – Massachusetts Bay troops engage Norwottock Indians at Hopewell Swamp

August 30, 1675 – Springfield is raided by Nipmuc

September 1, 1675 – Deerfield and Hadley are attacked

September 4, 1675 – Captain Beers and 36 soldiers are ambushed. These men are sent to evacuate Squakeag and nearly all killed. The town is not evacuated until September 6th when Major Treat and Connecticut forces arrive.

September 5, 1675 – Androscoggin Indians raid trading post at Pejebscot Falls, Maine

September 9, 1675 – Penobscot Indians shot at Casco Bay, Maine

September 12, 1675 – Home in Falmouth, Maine is attacked and six English are killed in action

September 18, 1675 – Battle of Bloody Brook – Captain Lathrop and his men are ambushed by Muttawmp on their way to evacuate Deerfield and nearly all are killed.

September 26, 1675 – Mill and buildings aredestroyed south of Springfield

September 1675 – Attacks continue throughout Maine, and by the end of September over 12 English are killed around Sasco

October 1675 – Attacks continue throughout Maine, approximately another dozen English are killed

October 4, 1675 – 300 English forces march north to Hadley for expedition, leaving Springfield defenseless

October 5, 1675 – Nipmuc and Agawam forces attack Springfield and 300 homes are destroyed

October 19, 1675 – English defense of Hatfield – first English semblance of victory

November 1676 – English demobilize; Native forces go to Menameset for winter quarters

December 19, 1675 – Great Swamp Fight

December 1675 – King Philip at Schagticoke attacked by Mohawk

1676

January 27, 1676 – Pawtuxet, Rhode Island is destroyed

February 1, 1676 – Framingham garrison is assaulted by the Nipmuc

February 1676 – Hunger March – English army of 1,400 chased Narragansett resulting in many skirmishes but no major battle, wasting English energy and provisions.

February 10, 1676 – Lancaster is attacked and much of the town is destroyed

February 10, 1676 – Weymouth is attacked

February 21, 1676 – Medfield attacked – 300 Nipmuc and Narragansett warriors engage 100 English resulting in 18 English killed and others captured

March 2, 9, 13, 1676 – Groton is attacked and abandoned

March 12, 1676 – Clark’s Garrison south of Plymouth is attacked and 11 settlers are killed in action

March 14, 1676 – Northampton is attacked and Natives are driven back by Major Treat’s Connecticut forces

March 16, 1676 – Warwick is destroyed

March 26, 1676 – English killed and captured at Longmeadow.

March 26, 1676 – Marlboro is attacked and barns and homes are destroyed

March 26, 1676 – Capt. Pierce’s Company are ambushed and destroyed near present day Central Falls

March 28, 1676 – Canochet’s Narragansetts attack Old Rehoboth – destroying 42 homes, 21 barns, town corn mills and a sawmill

March 29, 1676 – Canochet’s Narragansetts destroy Providence

April 3, 1676 – Canochet iscaptured by Connecticut forces at Cumberland, and is executed in Stonington, Connecticut

April 9, 1676 – Bridgewater is attacked

April 15, 1676 – Chelmsford is destroyed

April 17, 1676 – Marlboro is destroyed, and the English are sent to pursue and overtake the party that night

April 21, 1676 – Sudbury Battle – 500 Native warriors attack Sudbury and the town is burnt leaving 74 English killed in action

May 1676 – New York Governor Andros opens region to New England Native refugees

May 8, 1676 – Bridgewater is attacked by Tispaquin

May 11, 1676 – Halifax, Massachusetts is destroyed

May 18-19, 1676 – Battle of Great Falls / Wissantinnewag-Peskeompskut – Captain Turner and 150 English attack the Indian camp “Tuner’s Falls’” resulting in approximately 200 Natives and 38 English killed.

May 20, 1676 –Scituate is attacked

May 30, 1676 – Hatfield is attacked in retaliation for the Peskeompskut and seven English are killed

June 1-30, 1676 – United Colonies offensive – 500 Massachusetts Bay troops under Major Henchman march towards Hadley attacking Native camps along the way. June 12th Hadley is defended by Connecticut Colony troops.

June 27, 1676 – Connecticut Colony send Major Tallcott to range with 300 English soldiers and an unknown number of Native allies

July 1, 1676 – Major Tallcott’s Connecticut Allied Force arrive at Nipsachuck and attack Narragansetts killing 171 Natives along with Quaiapen, Ninigret’s sister.

July 3, 1676 – Warwick Massacre – 80 Narragansett surrender at Warwick and are attacked and massacred by Major Talcott’s Connecticut Colony troops.

July 15, 1676 – Attack on Taunton is repulsed

July 15, 1676 – Ninigrit and Niantics formally sign peace treaty with Massachusetts Bay

July 25, 1676 – Narragansett under Pumham are defeated near Dedham.

July 25, 1676 – Shoshonin and 180 Nipmuc surrender in Boston

August 12, 1676 – King Philip is intercepted at Mount Hope and killed by Alderman

August 15, 1676 – Major Talcott’s Connecticut forces kill 35, and capture 20 near Great Barrington

August 28, 1676 – Anawan and followers are captured near Squannakonk Swamp, Rehoboth