This sheet of notes goes with my brief lecture on the battle on-island. Use the notes to work on highlighting.

Notes are to help you remember. This works two ways.

After you have taken notes and a test is imminent, look back at your notes and re-read them. Teachers invariably divide notes up into topics that they feel are important. Therefore, realize that there will be something important for each topic.

You should highlight;

Stories that illustrate a point

King Phillip and the showdown with the settlers marked an important point in the history of the island.

Native Americans had a radically different view of ownership. (Read quote on page 40)

The English bought their land from Wanackmamack and Nickanoose, two Kaud sachems. Those two sold the English what they didn’t own. Later, they had to make peace with Attapehat, the Tomkaud leader.

The English asked the NY governor, Lovelace to give them the power to use NY laws on the Natives. The governor told them to go very slowly.

The Natives outnumbered the English 25-1; therefore cooperation is in order. The record shows this in regards to wandering cattle and land payments.

This was a sore spot.

The Mayhew’s had converted many of the island’s natives to Christianity. A missionary commented on the poverty of these Natives, so you can assume that these Indians “took the soup.”

English were here to get away from the Puritans and religious stricture.

In 1664, Hiacoomes and his son Joel had sailed to the Vineyard to visit family and were on their way north for Joel’s commencement from Harvard. Their ship wrecked on Coatue.

According to a missionary, all of the people probably made it to shore alive, but were then killed by “wicked Indians” who robbed the vessel.

Nickanoose, head Kaud, was blamed and he went off to the head Sachem in Plymouth. N. gets the word, comes back, and in 1665, puts some Indians to death.

Metacomet was Nickanooses superior, otherwise known as King Phillip. He appeared on island in 1665, probably to attend the hanging. He was 25 years old.

He came here also to arrest a Native called “Assassamoogh” or John Gibbs. He was also religious and had gone to Harvard. Metacomet wanted Gibbs dead for speaking the name of his deceased father, Massasoit.

Probably was a test case: A praying Indian will die for breaking Native law, while Natives died for breaking English law.

Metacomet landed at Low beach with a war party. He rode to Gibb’s Pond and arrested him.

The settlers had been alerted and rode across the moors. They found Metacomet preparing to off Gibbs. They offered ransom. Meta came up with a number and the settlers could not match it.

But they offered to come to town and get the money.

They passed the hat and raised eleven pounds. Phillip was not amused. His warriors took two houses and started looting.

The settlers threatened Phillip with annihilation. Phillip, not knowing how many settlers and having 11 pounds in hand, beat a retreat to low beach and rowed away.

There were 100 settlers, including women and children, on island. 30 families. 35 men and boys, tops.

As a result of the standoff, the Tomkauds and Attepehat swore allegiance to Charles II. The Kauds and Nickanoose stayed with Metacomet but must not have helped much.

One of the more important people on island was Folger, the only settler who could speak Algonquin.

He was probably related to Gibbs, since Gibbs was also the name of his maternal grandmother...the result of a Folger baptism in Gibbs pond.

Folger was more of a peacemaker. He saw KP War as deserved on the Puritans who should become more tolerant of others.

Folger saw Nantucket as a place above the fray and named Altar Rock.

Folger was the great grandfather to Ben Franklin.