Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-15 | Page 4 | Just History

Just History By Albert F. Philips ) r- r In th capitol of I'uili atanda a eoloaaal atatue of ntaaeaeolt, tha original model for the bronae atatu of Maaaaaolt which atanda at Province Prov-ince town, MaeeaehuTOtta, and which I th work of Utah's fa-meue fa-meue eoulptor, :yru SV Dnllin. Thla atatue of the Oreat Bachem of tha Wampanoac tribe of redmen waa erected at Provlnootown ia memory mem-ory of tha friendship shown by the great chief which na showed towards to-wards the Pilgrim Fathcra and aa agreement entered Into by hint and the member of tha Plymouth colony col-ony for peaceful relation, which continued for more than fifty year and waa nvr broken. Maaeaaolt's son, Metacom. and wbo waa tha . urceor of hie fsthsr aa ruler of th tribe of tba Wamnanoag. or Pokanaksta waa led to believe that, great wronga had been done them by the whit men, and while hlatory how that too flagrant wronga had been Inflicted In-flicted upon them, they had loot their Independence and their pride was hurt In that (hay were made to feel more and mora that tha while men were their meatera Remit Re-mit a prolonged and bloody war followed, fol-lowed, -a. Metacom, aa he was named by hla own people, was called Philip by tha whites and was known na King Philip. In 11 three Wamnanoaga ware - tried and - convicted for tba murder ef a member of their ewa race and the three were condemned te death and executed, Thl led to an outbreak, and in June. Ilia,, war waa Inaugurated on the whites, when two villages were d octroyed by King Philip, tha men. womea and children being horribly tortured. tor-tured. Thla waa at Plymouth. Aid pent the colonlata resulted In the Indians being driven from their . owa territory and they were Joined' by the Klprnurka and the Narra- gatnsstts. but tha whites proved as strong that after twa years ef wag King Philip was slsln and thla end-ad end-ad the war, a treaty of peace being made with the Narragaaaetta oa July 11, 1T7I. Today la the anniversary anni-versary af the aigning ef the treaty. During th war 100 whlla men and a larg number of women and children chil-dren wre killed; many others wers carried Inte captivity forty towns were partially wiped from the eari a and twelve were ' completely destroyed. de-stroyed. Today la alee th anniversary af tha capture of Stony Point oa tha Hudson by Mad Anthony Wayne, who stormed the fort with bayonet and captured it from the British without the firing of a etngle shot.