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   ocr: King Philip's War, 1675-1676. Ina a large-scale uprising, Metacom (King Philip) led Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narraganset Indians against settlers throughout New England. The colonists, with their Indian allies and their superior rirepower and numbers, were able to put down the uprising.An Indian informer killed Metacom in August1676.By the wars end,few of the Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narraganset Indians survived.