James Printer
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Wawaus, also known as "James Printer", was a Nipmuc leader from Hassanamesit, who experienced the incorporation and marginalization of his people in colonial Massachusetts. He is most commonly known f
Historic marker, marking the hometown of James Printer and referencing his work with Eliot on the first Bible published in North America
Lancaster Raid
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The Lancaster Raid was the first in a series of five planned raids on English colonial towns during the winter of 1675-1676 as part of King Philip's War. Metacom, known by English colonists as King Ph
James Printer
…left Harvard Indian College in Cambridge for Hassanamesit. At the outbreak of King Philip's War, Printer was falsely accused of participating in the Lancaster raid, a raid on Lancaster, Massachusetts. He narrowly escaped death after a mob of colonists launched this accusation. Following Wawaus's escape to Hassanamesit…
Lancaster raid site on Main Street in Lancaster
Being taken captive during a raid
Lancaster raid site on Main Street in Lancaster