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10, but to-day matters were changed. It had been suspected for some time that Pometacom, or King Philip, as he was called,   of the Wampanoags, was secretly unfriendly toward the English. Indeed, nearly four years since he had been summoned to  Taunton and persuaded to sign articles of  submission, which he did with apparent good  grace, but with secret dissatisfaction. Real uneasiness on the part of the English was not  bred, however, until the year before our  story. Then Sassamon, a Massachusett Indian who had become a convert of John Eliot’s at the village of Praying Indians at  Natick, brought word to Plymouth of intended treachery by Philip. Sassamon had been with Philip at Mount Hope acting as  his interpreter. Philip had learned of Sassamon’s treachery and had caused his death. Three Indians suspected of killing Sassamon were apprehended, tried, convicted, and, in  June of the following year, executed. Of the three one was a counselor of Philip’s, and  the latter, although avoiding any acts of hostility pending the court’s decision, was bitterly resentful and began to prepare for war. During the winter various annoyances had been visited upon the settlers by roaming