Anawan Rock is a colonial historic site in
Rehoboth, Massachusetts. It is a large dome of
conglomerate rock (
puddingstone) located off Winthrop Street (
U.S. Route 44) in a wooded site reached by a short footpath. The site was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1983.
History
On August 28, 1676,
Captain Benjamin Church and his group of colonial soldiers captured
Anawan, the war chief of the
Pocasset People. He was an old man at the time, and a chief captain of
Metacomet
Metacomet (c. 1638 in Massachusetts – August 12, 1676), also known as Pometacom, Metacom, and by his adopted English name King Philip,[King Philip's War
King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1678 between a group of indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodland ...](_blank)
. Although Church promised to spare Anawan's life upon his capture, he was ultimately executed by colonial officials. Anawan Rock is one of the few physical sites from the war still intact.
See also
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References
External links
The Spirit of Anawan Rock
National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts
Geography of Bristol County, Massachusetts
Rehoboth, Massachusetts
King Philip's War
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