THE NATIVE LEADER WHOSE HEAD WAS DISPLAYED FOR DECADES

If the conflict is viewed only as a rebellion against English authority, then Metacom appears as a violent opponent of colonial society.

If the conflict is viewed from the perspective of Native sovereignty, it becomes a struggle over whether Indigenous nations could remain politically independent in their own homelands.

Both sides committed violence.

Both sides experienced fear.

But the long-term political outcome was not equal.

English colonial power expanded.

Native political autonomy contracted.

PART NINETEEN — THE CONNECTION TO THE THANKSGIVING STORY