The Indians of King Philip's War

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Nipmuc -

A group of Indians of central Massachusetts. Took part in King Philip War, 1675-76; few survived. More on the Nipmuc

Pennacook -

A group of Algonkians on the Merrimac River, New Hampshire. Suffered at the hands of encroaching English colonists, and were involved in King Philip’s War, 1675-76. Remnants withdrew to Canada, where they merged with the St. Francis Abenaki.

Pocomtuck -

A small confederacy of western Massachusetts and adjacent Connecticut and Vermont. They joined the hostilities in the King Philip War and at the close fled to Canada or joined other remnant New England groups and disappeared.

Wampanoag, Nauset, Sakonnet, Pokanoket -

A group of tribes occupying Rhode Island and the south-eastern portion of Massachusetts and adjacent islands. Massasoit, their chief, allowed the settlement of English colonists. His son, Metacomet or King Philip, led a general revolt of New England tribes, 1675-1676. A few survive today in a mixed condition at their settlements at Mashpee and Gay Head. The Wampanoag spoke an eastern Algonkian language. The word Wampanoag translates to "people of the dawn" in the coastal Algonkian dialect. Their homeland lies in present day southeastern Massachusetts.

Narraganset -

The word Narraganset comes from an Algonkian word meaning "at the small or narrow point". Traditional Narragansett homelands include present-day Rhode Island and parts of southern  Massachusetts. Culturally and linguistically, they are eastern Algonkian Indians. They occupied the greater part of Rhode Island. They helped Roger Williams lay the foundations of that state, and remained on friendly terms with the whites until the King Philip War, when they joined the hostiles and lost over 1,000 killed at the Great Swamp fight near Kingston. A few mixed with the Eastern Niantic and remain today in their old domain mixed with other races.

Niantic -

A group usually divided into an eastern branch of Rhode Island closely associated with the Narraganset, and a western branch of Connecticut who were allies of the Pequot.

Niantic-Narraganset warrior, c. 1670

A Warrior of the 'King Philip War' period armed with a typical ball-headed club and a trade matchlock musket, shell necklace and wampum headband.

Source:  American Woodland Indians (Men-at-Arms Series  #228) and the Atlas of the North American Indian, by Carl Waldman