The Great Swamp Fight: The Bloodiest Day of King Philip's War

In December 1675, in the midst of King Philip's War, an army of Puritan colonists made a preemptive strike against the neutral Narragansett tribe. Their desperate battle in the snowy wilderness of Rhode Island became a touchstone in the cultural lore of Anglo New England, while the subsequent massacre would go down as the darkest, most tragic event in Narragansett history. Support Atun-Shei Films on Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/atunsheifilms Leave a Tip via Paypal ► https://www.paypal.me/atunsheifilms Buy Merch ► https://www.teespring.com/stores/atun-shei-films Official Website ► https://www.atunsheifilms.com/ Original Music by Dillon DeRosa ► http://dillonderosa.com/ ~REFERENCES~ [1] Eric Schultz and Michael Tougias. King Philip’s War: The History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict (1999). The Countryman Press, Page 269 [2] Douglas Leach. Flintlock and Tomahawk: New England in King Philip’s War (1958). Parnassus Imprints, Page 58-62 [3] Leach, Page 112-117 [4] Schultz & Tougias, Page 246-247 [5] Schultz & Tougias, Page 247-255 [6] Leach, Page 127-129 [7] Schultz & Tougias, Page 259 [8] Leach, Page 129 [9] Leach, Page 148-149 [10] Joseph Dudley. Second Letter of Joseph Dudley (2001). Bigelow Society http://bigelowsociety.com/rod/battles.htm [11] Schultz & Tougias, Page 260-261 [12] Leach, Page 130-131 [13] Benjamin Church. Entertaining Passages Relating to King Philip’s War, Tercentenary Edition (1975). Pequot Press, Page 95-102 [14] Schultz & Tougias, Page 264-265 [15] Leach, Page 131 [16] Church, Page 101 [17] “History – Perseverance.” Narragansett Indian Nation http://narragansettindiannation.org/history/perseverance/

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