Atun-Shei Films | The Great Swamp Fight: The Bloodiest Day of King Philip's War @AtunSheiFilms | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
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.

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~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 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 narragansettindiannation.org/history/perseverance