Authors: Nathaniel Philbrick
southern New England during King Philip’s War
track of the
Mayflower
off Cape Cod, November 9–11
tracks of the
Speedwell
and the
Mayflower,
July–November 1620
Marlborough, town of
Marshfield, town of
Martin, Christopher
death of
described
as governor of the
Mayflower
Martin, Mary
Mary Queen of Scots
Mashpee, town of
Mashpee Revolt
Mason, Captain John
Massachusetts, the
exploratory expedition to land of
King Philip’s War and
-Narragansett alliance
plot against Plymouth and Wessagussett, and ensuing massacre
Standish and
trade with
Wessagussett settlement and
Massachusetts-Bay Colony: diplomacy before King Philip’s War
establishment of
General Court
Indian relations,
see individual tribes and sachems
King Philip’s War and
religious dissent, intolerance of
religious practice in
second generation, decline in spiritual life of
slavery and
United Colonies of New England
Massasoit
alliance with the Pilgrims
copper chain given to
death of
described
diplomatic relations established with the Pilgrims
First Thanksgiving and
land sales
name change to Usamequin
Peach trial and
Plymouth delegation visits, in summer of 1621
Praying Indians and
the Quabaugs and
Squanto and
Wassagussett massacre and
at wedding of William Bradford
Winslow saves life of
mastiffs, English
matchlocks
described
Mather, Cotton
Mather, Increase
Matoonas
Mattapoisett, village of
Matthias (Sakonnet Indian)
mattocks
Maushop, legend of
Maverick, Samuel
Mayflower:
arrival at Plymouth Harbor
deaths
departure from Plymouth
describedfate of
furnishing brought on
Leideners on
non-Separatist ( “Strangers” ) on
off Cape Cod. track
officers and crew of
passage to America
passengers aboard
provisioning of
repairs to
return to England in April 1621
sickness on
tracks of, July–November 1620
transport of goods to shore
see also
Pilgrims; Plymouth Colony
Mayflower Compact
Mayflower II
Medfield, town of
memory holes
Menameset, village of
departure of Nipmunks from
Mendon, town of
Merchant Adventurers
agreement to pay, in goods
chastisement of Pilgrims for their hard-heartedness
disbanding of
the
Fortune
sent by
Merrymount
Metacom,
see
Philip
Metamora
Miantonomi (Narragansett sachem)
Middleborough, town of
Miles, John
Miles garrison. 237
Miller’s River
Mohawks, King Philip’s War and
Mohegans
King Philip’s War and
Pequot War of 1637 and
Monopide (Pequot Indian)
Monposset Pond
Montauks
More, Catherine
More, Jasper
More, Samuel
More children
Morison, Samuel Eliot
mortgages
Morton, Nathaniel
Morton, Thomas
Moseley, Captain Samuel
attitude toward the Indians
Bloody Brook and
Great Swamp Fight and
Mount Hope
fort built by Plymouth forces at
during King Philip’s War
map of region of, June–August 1675
population after King Philip’s War
vulnerability of
Mount Hope Bay
Mount Hope Peninsula
sale in 1680 of
Mourt’s Relation
(Bradford and Winslow)
Mullins, Priscilla,
see
Alden, Priscilla Mullins
Mullins, William
Mullinses
Nantasket
Nantucket Indians
Narragansetts
defensive fort of
enmity with other tribes
events leading to King Philip’s War and
flee to Nipmuck country
Great Swamp Fight
join forces with the Nipmucks
King Philip’s War and
-Massachusetts alliance
Massasoit taken captive by
Pequot War of 1637 and
Native Americans of southern New England: agriculture and
during American Revolution
conversion to Christianity,
see
conversion of the Indians;
Praying Indians
cross-cultural trends of English and
fishing grounds
gravesites
guns incorporated into culture of
King Philip’s War and,
see
King Philip’s War
memory holes
Nashpee Revolt
plague devastating, before arrival of Pilgrims
previous encounters with Europeans
resurgence of
seasonal travels to secure food
style of fighting
trade,
see
trade war dance of
warfare following King Philip’s War
Wessagussett massacre, effects of
wigwams
see also individual tribes and sachems
Nausets
Billington boy and
corn stolen on Pilgrim exploration expedition of 1620
Nemasket, village of
Nemaskets, King Philip’s War and
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Newcomen, John
New England, maps of:
Captain John Smith’s. 59
southern New England during King Philip’s War
New Hampshire, during King Philip’s War
Newman, Noah
New Netherland
establishment of
Newport, town of
New York, colony of
Iroquois and
see also
Manhattan; New Netherland
Niantic Indians
Nimrod
Nine Men’s Misery
Ninigret (Narragansett sachem)
Ninigret II
Nipmucks:
King Philip’s War and
-Narragansett alliance
Narragansetts flee north to Nipmuck country
Praying Indians spy on
the Quabaugs
ransoming of English captives and
sue for peace
Nipsachuck
Nipsachuck Swamp
Nompash (Sakonnet warrior)
Northfield, town of
Obtakiest (sachem)
Of Plymouth Plantation
(Bradford)
manuscript of
repatriation of manuscript
Old Colony Club
Oldham, John
Old South Church, Boston
Oliver, Captain James
Oneco (Uncas’s son)
Passaconaway
Patuxet
Pawtucket, town of
Peach, Arthur
Pease Field Fight
Pecksuot
Pelham, Herbert
Pelham, Penelope,
see
Winslow, Penelope Pelham Penacocks
Pepper, Robert
Pequots
King Philip’s War and
Pequot War of 1637
Peter (Narragansett guide)
Peter (son of Awashonks)
Philip
Alexander’s death and
appearance of
assassination attempt on life of
avoidance of conflict
becomes supreme sachem of the Pokanokets
charisma of
death of
hat of
head of
King Philip’s War,
see
King Philip’s War
land sales and
name change
Nantucket Indians and
reassessment of
Rowlandson and
Mary Rowlandson and
John Sassamon and
“Seat of Philip”
son of
wampum coat of
Josiah Winslow and
“Philip of Pokanoket”
Pierce, Captain Michael
pikemen
Pilgrim Hall
Pilgrim Lake
Pilgrims: bicentennial of arrival in America
departure from Delfshaven
Pilgrims (
cont
.): descendants of
emigration to Leiden
exploration expeditions of 1620
fanaticism of
First Thanksgiving
land, purchases of,
see
land sales in Leiden
meaning of “Pilgrim,” change in
preparations to sail for America
religious motivation of
religious practice
Robinson’s death, effect of
Sabbath
settlement site, exploration expeditions to find
trade with the Indians,
see
trade use of force, attitude toward
see also Mayflower
; Plymouth Colony
Pilgrim Society
Pilgrim Springs
Plimoth Plantation
Plymouth Bay
Plymouth Colony: agriculture in
becomes part of Massachusetts in 1692
births and deaths, in first year
cannons for defense of
Cole’s Hill
conflict between Pilgrims and Strangers
debt of, paying off
disaffected Strangers, migration of
financial backing,
see
Merchant Adventurers
First Thanksgiving
first winter
first year
fort, building of a
Fortune
’s arrival in
General Court
housing
Indians relations,
see individual tribes and sachems
King Philip’s War,
see
King Philip’s War
land ownership and,
see
land sales layout of the town
Leyden Street
marriage as civil ceremony in
Massachusetts’ plot against
Wessagussett and ensuing massacre
patent for
punishment in
religious dissent, intolerance of
second generation, decline in spiritual life of
settlement site
today
town formation andtrade,
see
trade
United Colonies of New England
wall around, building of
Watson’s Hill
see also Mayflower
; Pilgrims
Plymouth Harbor
Champlain’s map of
fowl available in
map
Plymouth Rock
Pocasset
fort built by Plymouth forces at
during King Philip’s War
Pocasset Swamp
Pocassets: King Philip’s War and
Weetamoo,
see
Weetamoo (Pocasset sachem)
Pokanokets
cosmology of
English technology and
First Thanksgiving and
King Philip’s War,
see
King Philip’s War
land sales,
see
land sales
Narragansetts, enmity with
plague affecting
Squanto’s plotting and
Wassagussett massacre and
at wedding of William Bradford
see also
Alexander of Pokanoket; Massasoit; Philip
Pollack Rip
Portsmouth, town of
powwows (spiritual leaders or shamans)
Pratt, Phineas
Pray, Mary
Praying Indians
internment at Deer Island
internment on Clark’s Island
King Philip’s War, importance to English victory in
Moseley and
of Nemasket
Philip’s hostility toward
release from Deer Island
predestination
Prence, Thomas
arrival in Plymouth
death of
Philip and
Prentice, Captain Thomas
Prince, Reverend Thomas
Pring, Martin
Providence, town of
Provincetown Harbor
exploration expeditions
Mayflower
anchors at
second group of English settlers arriving at
Prower, Solomon
Puritans
beliefs of
colonization of New England and
conversion of the Indians
English civil war and
Half-Way Covenant
of Massachusetts-Bay Colony,
see
Massachusetts-Bay Colony meaning of “Puritan,” change of
Pilgrims,
see
Pilgrims
Separatists,
see
Separatists
Pynchon, John
Quabaugs (subgroup of the Nipmucks)
Quadequina
Quakers
Queen (Narragansett sachem)
Queen Anne’s War
Quinnapin (Narragansett sachem)
execution of
Mary Rowlandson and
Ramsden, Joseph
Redemption Rock
Rehoboth, township of
King Philip’s War and
Reynolds, Mr. (master of the
Speedwell)
Rhode Island, colony of
founding of
Rhode Island, colony of (
cont
.)
King Philip’s War and
see also
Aquidneck Island
Rigsdales
Ring, William
Robinson, Isaac
Robinson, John (minister)
death of
Mayflower Compact and
reaction to Wessagussett massacre
Rogers, Joseph
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Rowland (brother of John Sassamon)
Rowlandson, John
Rowlandson, Joseph
Rowlandson, Mary (daughter)
Rowlandson, Mary (mother)
freed from captivity
Philip and
ransoming of
The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
Rowlandson, Sarah
Sagamore John
Sagamore Sam (Nipchuck Indian)
St. Helena’s Church, Austerfield
Sakonnet
Sakonnets
fate of
King Philip’s War and
see also
Awashonks (Sakonnet sachem)
Samoset
Sanders, John
Sandwich, Cape Cod
Sanford, Peleg
Saquish Head
Sassamon, John
murder of, and ensuing trial
Philip and
Savage, Peter
Savage, Major Thomas
Schaghticoke, Philip’s camp at