I have a relative that was scalped in the war, his wife was a grand daughter of Thomas Rogers, Pilgrim. When N. Philbrick was at the Little Compton Historical Society he commented on the second generation of colonials and how their initial spirit of cooperation and camaraderie ended with the desire of the English to take possession of the Land. You'd probably be interested in THE WITNESS, a film at the Pequot Museum. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 2:48 PM Subject: [RIGENWEB] King Philips War >I just finished reading the book "Mayflower" by Nathaniel Philbrick. It >was > very informative and besides the wonderful story of the Pilgrims it goes > into > a lot of detail about King Philips War. I didn't realize that in terms of > population that was America's bloodiest war. WW II had 1% of its soldiers > killed, Civil War 4-5%, and during the fourteen months of King Philip's > war 8% of > its men were lost. Of the total 20,000 Native population 6000 were killed > in > battle, died of sickness, or sent into slavery. Southern New England had > 60 to > 80% loss. This tragedy, some say, setback the development of New England > by > 100 years. I wonder why there is no society of Daughters of King Philips > War? > (Either Colonist or Native daughters.) I have an ancestor who fought in > the > war. It was as much a part of our history as the Revolution. Dave in > East > Greenwich > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message