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The Colonial Massacre of 600 Neutral Narragansett
The Great Swamp holds a dark winter secret. On December 19, 1675, over 1,000 colonial troops marched across frozen swampland to attack the neutral Narragansett tribe’s fort near present-day Kingston.
Though the Narragansett had stayed out of King Philip’s War, they were marked as enemies for sheltering other tribes. The assault was swift and cruel…