Great Swamp Fight

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The Great Swamp Fight was a brutal 1675 assault by colonial militia on a fortified Narragansett stronghold in present-day Rhode Island, resulting in heavy Native American casualties and becoming one of the bloodiest engagements of King Philip's War.

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Generate an image of the Great Swamp Fight (The Great Swamp Fight was a brutal 1675 assault by colonial militia on a fortified Narragansett stronghold in present-day Rhode Island, resulting in heavy Native American casualties and becoming one of the bloodiest engagements of King Philip's War.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
aftermath Narragansett join open war against English colonists ⓘ
linked to: King Philip's War

displacement of surviving Narragansett ⓘ
long-term weakening of Narragansett power ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Swamp Battle ⓘ
linked to: Great Swamp Fight

Great Swamp Massacre ⓘ
associatedEvent King Philip's War ⓘ
associatedPeople Narragansett Tribe ⓘ
Wampanoag people ⓘ
belligerentSide Narragansett noncombatants and warriors ⓘ
New England colonial militia ⓘ
casualties high Narragansett casualties ⓘ
significant colonial casualties ⓘ
cause colonial fear of Narragansett alliance with Metacom ⓘ
tensions between New England colonies and Narragansett ⓘ
combatant Connecticut Colony militia ⓘ
linked to: Connecticut militia

Massachusetts Bay Colony militia ⓘ
Narragansett people ⓘ
Plymouth Colony militia ⓘ
United Colonies of New England ⓘ
commander Benjamin Church ⓘ
John Winthrop the Younger ⓘ
linked to: John Winthrop

Josiah Winslow ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual ceremonies by Narragansett Tribe ⓘ
conflictType colonial–Native American conflict ⓘ
countryAtTime English colonial America ⓘ
date 19 December 1675 ⓘ
followedBy widening of war into Rhode Island and Connecticut ⓘ
historicalRegion New England ⓘ
involves burning of Narragansett fort ⓘ
close-quarters combat in swamp terrain ⓘ
killing of women and children ⓘ
location Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
Great Swamp ⓘ
South Kingstown, Rhode Island ⓘ
memorial Great Swamp Monument ⓘ
memorialLocation South Kingstown, Rhode Island ⓘ
notableFor attack on largely noncombatant population ⓘ
destruction of food stores and shelter in winter ⓘ
one of the bloodiest engagements of King Philip's War ⓘ
partOf King Philip's War ⓘ
precededBy early campaigns of King Philip's War in 1675 ⓘ
result colonial victory ⓘ
destruction of Narragansett winter stronghold ⓘ
escalation of King Philip's War ⓘ
heavy Narragansett casualties ⓘ
target Narragansett fortified village ⓘ
Narragansett winter encampment ⓘ
year 1675 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Philip's War → notableBattle → Great Swamp Fight ⓘ
Narragansett people → notableBattle → Great Swamp Fight ⓘ
Narragansett → sufferedEvent → Great Swamp Fight ⓘ
Narragansett territory → historicalEvent → Great Swamp Fight ⓘ
Great Swamp Fight → alsoKnownAs → Great Swamp Battle ⓘ
linked to: Great Swamp Fight
Peskeompscut massacre → relatedEvent → Great Swamp Fight ⓘ
Great Swamp Massacre → alsoKnownAs → Great Swamp Fight ⓘ
Great Swamp Massacre → alsoKnownAs → Great Swamp Battle ⓘ
linked to: Great Swamp Fight
Great Swamp Monument → commemorates → Great Swamp Fight ⓘ
Great Swamp Monument → hasSubject → Great Swamp Fight ⓘ
Rhode Island region → notableBattle → Great Swamp Fight ⓘ
Great Swamp (Rhode Island) → battleOccurredAt → Great Swamp Fight ⓘ