Great Swamp Massacre

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The Great Swamp Massacre was a brutal 1675 attack during King Philip’s War in which colonial militia destroyed a major Narragansett fort in present-day Rhode Island, killing hundreds of Indigenous people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
event in King Philip's War ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
aftermath Narragansett joined King Philip's War more fully after the attack ⓘ
linked to: King Philip's War

accelerated devastation of Narragansett political power ⓘ
survivors sold into slavery or forced into servitude ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Swamp Battle ⓘ
linked to: Great Swamp Fight

Great Swamp Fight ⓘ
belligerent Indigenous inhabitants of the Narragansett fort ⓘ
Narragansett people ⓘ
United Colonies of New England ⓘ
colonial militia ⓘ
casualties dozens of colonial soldiers killed or wounded ⓘ
hundreds of Narragansett killed ⓘ
significant women and children among the dead ⓘ
cause colonial fears of Narragansett alliance with Metacom (King Philip) ⓘ
tensions over Narragansett harboring Wampanoag refugees ⓘ
combatant Connecticut Colony militia ⓘ
linked to: Connecticut militia

Massachusetts Bay Colony militia ⓘ
Narragansett warriors ⓘ
linked to: Narragansett people

Plymouth Colony militia ⓘ
commander Josiah Winslow ⓘ
Robert Treat ⓘ
Samuel Appleton ⓘ
conflict King Philip's War ⓘ
country English colonies in New England ⓘ
date 19 December 1675 ⓘ
description colonial attack on a fortified Narragansett village in a swamp ⓘ
historicalRegion Narragansett territory ⓘ
involved assault across a frozen swamp causeway ⓘ
attack conducted in winter conditions ⓘ
burning of wigwams and food stores ⓘ
legacy commemorated at the Great Swamp Fight Monument ⓘ
remembered as one of the most brutal episodes of King Philip's War ⓘ
location Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
Great Swamp ⓘ
near present-day South Kingstown, Rhode Island ⓘ
memorial Great Swamp Monument in South Kingstown, Rhode Island ⓘ
partOf broader English–Indigenous conflict in 17th-century New England ⓘ
result decisive colonial victory ⓘ
destruction of Narragansett fort ⓘ
displacement of surviving Narragansett people ⓘ
heavy Narragansett casualties ⓘ
target major Narragansett winter fort ⓘ
topic colonial–Indigenous relations in New England ⓘ
violence against Indigenous civilians ⓘ
year 1675 ⓘ

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Great Swamp Fight → alsoKnownAs → Great Swamp Massacre ⓘ