King Philip's War, sometimes called the
First Indian War,
Metacom's War,
Metacomet's War, or
Metacom's Rebellion, was an armed conflict between
Native American inhabitants of present-day
New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–78. The war is named for the main leader of the Native American side,
Metacomet, who had adopted the English name "King Philip" in honor of the previously-friendly relations between his father and the original
Mayflower Pilgrims. The war continued in the most northern reaches of New England until the signing of the
Treaty of Casco Bay in April 1678.