king philip's war, 1675-1676

Tells the story of the King Philip's War of 1675 between New England colonists and the Wampanoag Indians, and examines how the writing about the war, done primarily by the colonists after the conflict, affected future relations and attitudes between Indians and Anglos.

Presents a performance of Mary Rowlandson's account of her experiences after being captured by hostile Narragansett Indians in 1675 from her village in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and held for ransom as a British political prisoner.

Describes the causes, events, and outcome of the war waged against the English settlers by the Wampanoag Indians in the seventeenth century.

A sympathetic portrait of King Philip, the Wampanoag sachem who mounted an uprising against the colonial settlers trying to take his people's land.

Tells the story of the meetings between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans who lived in the Massachusetts Bay area from both points of view. Each recounts good intentions, misunderstandings, betrayal, and finally war.

Chronicles the seventeenth-century war that killed more than ten percent of the Native Americans and English colonists living in the region of New England, discussing the events that led to the conflict, as well as its legacy.

Examines the life and fortunes of the Wampanoag Indian leader who led an uprising against the New England colonists in the seventeenth century.

Although he has lived and worked as a printer's apprentice with the Green family in Cambridge Massachusetts, for many years, James, a Nipmuck Indian, finds himself caught up in the events that lead to a horrible war.