This was a FANTASTIC presenter! I could listen to him all day. He personalizes this beautifully. If King Philip’s war was taught like this, more people would understand it today.

What a great, detailed telling of a brutal and violent period that took place here in my neighborhood. Never before was I aware of even the political nuances that the native tribes needed to create and build simply to survive into the future. Thank You John!

Excellent job of showing the First Nations Peoples as Individual rather than collective! Each tribe generally being INDEPENDENT of their neighbors, and often fiercely so. Your connection of the Naragansett to Gordon and their unique status as subjects of the King and later Rhode Island is outstandingly done, and sadly so often overlooked, just as are the internecine rivalries of the First Nations.

Ranger McNiff is a really good explainer! I appreciated this whole video and the vast amount of clarity.

Many tribes ceased to be a tribe but the people still lived. Just not like before.

Excellent video Well done.. Thank you!

Thank you John!

Do you have any knowledge of this?loved the king Philips war with national park ranger lecture looking forward to more.

One of the important details left out was that a Narragansett captive known as David led the United Colonial Army directly to the fort in the Great Swamp.

My ancestors came over and settled in Rhode Island in 1635. One killed during King Phillip's War, one had "house burned by Indians." I'm a descendent of the Brooks family. Thank you for this video.

Did I miss it or did he fail to mention that providence was burned?

Excellent

Thx John, very interesting!

Excellent overview.

Enjoyed your telling of a story. I am a writer, student and advocate/help those free from discrimination within .. the disability career field. That being said I see things with fair results for all sides and people involved. I’ve never heard someone tell a story so diplomatically with enthusiasm and I’ll say it, Pizazz toasted and topped with Fun Dip! 🤩 I think you’re awesome and you rock. Giving props. I have been debating on what to chose for my Bachelors Degree. I have my last semester at CCCC and it’s in Psychology. I love history. It moves my soul. Especially since after 37 years I met my Dad. know of 9 siblings, met a sister and have spent life an only child. My history of who I am is all the sudden known and of importance. I dived back into art. And am loving all things wholesome and knowing of me. I always knew I was Native. Felt it. Knew it. I love being spiritual, kind, resultant, loyal, proud and adore nature and animals. I’m like a hippy gypsy native Irish Scottish German girl who can’t wait to visit all the countries I’m from. I have 14 different nationalities however 6 are from different parts of 🇳🇬 Nigeria. I found out my family is from Fox 🦊 Hill and we are Narragansett Native American. From 16,000 to 600 during the war and battles, disease, epidemic. I agree with so much of what you said. They could have gone west why didn’t they? Would the British or Italian? After 12,000 years of history? Who wants to abandon their very foundation of creation because others want to lie and pretend to like you all to just take it away anyways? I’m sure woman weren’t fighting but I know I would have went out blazing 🥵 because it’s who I am. Our being European also resignates with me in being mad that my Catholic Scottish and Irish family were forced to migrate from Munster Ireland 🇮🇪 to Nova Scotia then to Newton Massachusetts. However I’m also glad they listened, having family’s and saw the bigger picture or maybe I wouldn’t be here. Being awesome 14 shades of Shana. All I know is we can guess and dream about how history makes us, changes us and what we’d do, who really knows? I bet a lot of people didn’t expect to find out William Bradford and Robert Baker actually FLED and RAN away .. didn’t fight for anything or believe in themselfs or value their family’s name & strength. That’s not written in the text books of my home town. Americas Home Town, Plymouth Massachusetts. Formally Pawtuxic. I’ve been in awe learning about the Narragansett and proud to be part of who they are and stand for. Also not surprised at their stubbornness. But I’d like to believe I have the resilience of my elders and ancestors because it’s rare and not made to be worn by all. Sorry so lengthy but wow what a great video. Thank. You. Better meet with my advisor and choose History as my major. I’ve never felt more inspired in knowing exactly what I want and need to do. Take care!

Good story telling, did the soeaker color in the narrative or is it sourced?

My family history has a note about Aron or Thomas Benedict negotiating with a chief after being appointed by the Dutch.And having tried to intervene as a minister in the dire swamp slaughter.

Good video though. I did learn some things I did not know. I'm going to assume that the swamp was frozen at the time of the battle? Plus being a descendant of Peter Worden, Wordens pond has interest to me.

In this area there are references to this war all over the place. From school names to street names yet no one has any idea what happened. Including me until I got curious and turned to you tube!

8:56 small error saying it was Squanto who said "Hello, Englishmen". I believe you meant Samoset?

Have you looked at " key to the language of the Americans " by Roger Williams

I was born in raised in Scituate, RI but I now live in Maine.

Weren't the Mohegan Indians a major part of Church's Rangers that defeated King Phillip?

Narrangansetts seen what happened to the pequot

Organize a tour of RI sites

When a historian starts a video with 12000 years before history I kinda get an idea where this is going.

I don’t how the heck I got here

The English pretty much made it known if you mess with us we will do to you as we did to the pequot.

Torture and honor do not belong in the same sentence

Giovanni de verrezano also said they where black, not much unlike Ethiopians. This guy conveniently left that part out. 😒 🤔