page_title: Metacomet
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Metacomet / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: Picture of King Philip's seat in Bristol Rhode Island on Mount Hope.
context_page_description: Metacom, also known as Metacomet, Pumetacom, and by his adopted English name King Philip, was sachem to the Wampanoag people and the second son of the sachem Massasoit. Metacom became sachem in 1662 when his brother Wamsutta died shortly after the death of their father. Wamsutta's widow Weetamoo, squa sachem of the Pocasset, was Metacom's ally and friend for the rest of his life. Metacom married Weetamoo's younger sister Wootonekanuske. It is unclear how many children they had or what happened to them. Wootonekanuske and one of their sons were sold to slavery in the West Indies following the defeat of the Native Americans in what became known as King Philip's War.
  Initially, Metacom sought to live in harmony with the colonists. As a sachem, he took the lead in much of his tribes' trade with the colonies. He adopted the European name of Philip, and bought his clothes in Boston, Massachusetts.
  The colonies continued to expand. To the west, the Iroquois Confederation also was fighting against neighboring tribes in the Beaver Wars, pushing them from the west and encroaching on Metacom's territory.
context_section_description: Numerous places are named after Metacomet:
  Metacomet Mill in Fall River, Massachusetts, built in 1847 and named for the chief, is the oldest remaining textile mill in the city.
  King Philip Stockade, a large park named after the chief, where the Pocumtuc Indians planned and began the Sack of Springfield, is now a part of Forest Park in Springfield
  King Philip Mills in Fall River, Massachusetts, built 1871
  The USS Metacomet, an 1863 United States Navy ship
  The Metacomet Ridge, a 100-mile long mountain range in southern New England
  The 51-mile Metacomet Trail in central Connecticut
  The 110-mile Metacomet-Monadnock Trail in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire
  Metacomet Country Club, a golf course in East Providence, Rhode Island
  Metacomet Park in Medfield, Massachusetts
  The Metacomet parcel of conservation land within the Black Brook Management Area in Easton, Massachusetts
  Metacom Avenue, a major road running through Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island
  Metacomet Avenues in Ocean Grove and South Deerfield, Massachusetts
  Metacomet Lane in Franklin, Massachusetts
  Metacomet Road in Longmeadow, Massachusetts
  Metacomet Streets in Wrentham, Walpole, and Belchertown, Massachusetts
  Multiple Metacomet street names surrounding the Metacomet Trail in Connecticut
  Mettacomet Path, a street in Harvard, Massachusetts
  Metacomet Drive (improperly designated by the USPS as Metacomet Street) in San Antonio, Texas 
  Metacomet Lake, a point of interest in Belchertown, Massachusetts
  King Philip Street in Fall River, Massachusetts
  King Philip Regional High School, serving Plainville, Wrentham, and Norfolk, Massachusetts
  King Philip Regional Middle School in Norfolk, Massachusetts, which serves as the middle school for the above three towns
  King Philip Middle School in West Hartford, Connecticut
  King Phillip's Cave in Norton, Massachusetts, a cave said to have been used by the chief as a hiding place towards the end of his reign
  King Philip Mountain, a peak on Talcott Mountain, near Hartford, Connecticut
  King Philip's Hill, on the western bank of the Connecticut River in Northfield, Massachusetts
  King Phillip's Nose, a rock island in the Connecticut River, south of Northfield, Massachusetts
  King Philip's Rock, a historic site situated on a trail in Sharon, Massachusetts
  King Philip's Restaurant in Phillipston, Massachusetts
  King Philip Avenue/Road/Street or Drive in East Providence and Bristol, Rhode Island; Fall River, Longmeadow, Raynham, Somerset, Worcester, and South Deerfield, Massachusetts; and in West Hartford, Connecticut
  King Philip Woods Conservation Land in Sudbury, Massachusetts
  King Philip, the clipper ship built in 1856, is periodically seen at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California
  Phillips Pond and Phillipswood Road in Sandown, New Hampshire
  One insect species is named after Metacomet:
  Tipula metacomet, a species of large crane fly with a type locality in Amherst, Massachusetts
caption: "King Philip's Seat", a meeting place on Mount Hope, Rhode Island
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