The war did not create that transformation by itself.

Disease, migration, land purchases, missionary activity, economic pressure, and earlier conflicts had already changed the region.

But King Philip’s War dramatically accelerated the process.

PART FOURTEEN — THE GREAT SWAMP FIGHT AND ITS LEGACY

The attack on the Narragansett winter settlement remains one of the most controversial episodes of the war.

The Narragansett had not initially entered the conflict as an active ally of Metacom.

They had taken in Wampanoag refugees and tried to preserve neutrality.