King Philip's War, The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict by Eric B.Schultz and Michael J. Tougias At the Pilgrim's first Thanksgiving in 1621, chief among the honored guests was Massasoit, the sachem of hte Wampanoag. Half a century later Massasoit's son, King Philip, had been shot at the end of a bloody two-year conflict. The war began as a skirmish between the Wampanoag and the English on the frontier of Plymouth colony and ended with many of New England's settlements reduced to ashes. As many as 800 colonists were killed, but hte Native Americans suffered even greater losses in their pivotal struggle against the colonists.
