King Philip's War
a conflict between the New England colonists and the confederated Indian tr tribes, the Narragansetts, the Wampanoags, and the Nipmucks, carried on in 1675-1676. The Indians were led by Philip, a chief, who was killed at Mount Hope, R. I. Of the 90 towns of the colonists, 12 were utterly destroyed, while more than 40 others suffered from fire and pillage. More than 1,000 men were killed and many women and children. The Indians were annihilated.