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Mystery #4
Anawan's rock , named after Indian chief Anawan is located near the Squanakonk
Swamp. It was the site of the surrender of Chief Anawan which ended the
Wompanoag tribe's war with the British.
Anawan was brother to King Phillip and became chief sachem, or king of
the Wompanoag tribe when King Philip was killed by the British a few weeks
earlier. Captain Benjamin Church, a famous Indian fighter, received word
that Anawan was hiding in the north end of the Squanakonk Swamp. Anawan
and his remaining warriors fled to this location to hide from English
troops.
After a difficult march to the site by Church and his troops, he surprised
Anawan who surrendered without a fight. Church told Anawan he would be
safe and took him to Plymouth, but authorities there beheaded him anyway.
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