On June 20, 1675, the small border town of Swansea, Massachusetts, was attacked by a band of Pokanoket of the Wampanoag tribe . No casualties resulted from the Pokanoket raid that day, except for some dead cattle and homesteads that were raided and robbed. Four days later, the massacre began. On June 24, the Pokanoket […]
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King Philip’s War: 17th-Century Hostility Between The Wampanoag and The Pilgrims

