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

The Indians still grieve and honor their ancestors that were massacred there. There are ceremonies honoring the dead. Indians also know which war in United States history shed the most blood. If there were societies honoring the atrocities it would not be good. ----- 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 >