Eulogy on King Philip

In his Eulogy on King Philip, Pequot activist William Apes speaks on the legacy of King Philip, the Wampanoag sachem also known as Metacomet. Despite attempting to live peacefully with the Plymouth colonists, Philip found himself faced with impossible demands. Considered the deadliest conflict in Colonial American history, King Philip's War concluded with the devastation of the Wampanoag and Narragansett peoples.