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Metacom
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Met·a·com  (mt-km) Also called Phil·ip (flp) Died 1676.
Wampanoag leader who waged King Philip's War (1675-1676) with New England colonists who had encroached on Native American territory.


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The Conservation Commission and the Friends of Millbury Open Space have joined with the Metacomet Land Trust, the Millbury Improvement Initiative and local business Flo-Dell Exterior Restoration to help raise $240,000 to buy the privately owned parcel.
In 1676, after the Wampanoag leader Metacomet questioned the idea that God favored the Puritans, they removed his head as a warning to all future questioners.
There are several trails, including a connection with the Metacomet Trail and Monadnock approach, all well marked.
 
 
 
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