THE NATIVE LEADER WHOSE HEAD WAS DISPLAYED FOR DECADES
English leaders feared that this neutrality was temporary.
They chose military action.
The result was the Great Swamp Fight in December 1675.
Colonial forces attacked the Narragansett settlement in winter conditions.
The fighting was intense, and the settlement was burned.
Many Native people died.
The event pushed the Narragansett into the war.
From the perspective of English authorities, the attack was a preemptive measure designed to prevent a larger Native alliance.
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