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  1. August 12, 1676-The Death of Metacomet ("King Phillip")

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    Metacomet (known to the Puritan colonists by his adopted name "King Phillip") was a chief of the Wampanoag Indians in modern-day Massachusetts. When the Puritans started to push westward, he sough to live in harmony with them, at first. This turned out to be a fatal mistake.

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