Metacomet was an elected chief to the Wampanoag people, also known as King Philip. He was the second son of the sachem Massasoit. The Wampanoag Indians inhabited parts of coastal regions Massachusetts and Rhode Island). He guiding the Wampanoag and other Indians to fight against the colonists in King Philip's War. King Philip's War was a conflict between indigenous inhabitants and their allies, and colonists living in New England colonists from 1675–1678.
