Editing Massasoit (section)

==Legacy==
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[[Roger Williams]] fled the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] to avoid arrest and deportation for religious reasons and stayed the winter of 1635–36 with Massasoit, who gave him land along the [[Seekonk River]] the following spring. Governor Winslow advised Williams to move his settlement to the other side of the river because his current location was within the bounds of Plymouth Colony. Williams did so and founded [[Providence Plantations]], which later became part of the [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations|Colony of Rhode Island]].<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/cultural_diversity/Roger_Williams_National_Memorial.html "Roger Williams National Memorial", National Park Service]</ref>

The half century of peace that Massasoit so assiduously maintained collapsed soon after his death. Wamsutta broke away from his father's diplomacy and began an alliance with [[Connecticut Colony]].

Massasoit was humane and honest, kept his word, and endeavored to imbue his people with a love for peace. He kept the Pilgrims advised of any warlike designs toward them by other tribes.<ref name="Appletons" /> It is unclear when Massasoit died. Some accounts claim that it was as early as 1660; others contend that he died as late as 1662. He was anywhere from 80 to 90 at the time.<ref name="Appletons" />

Wamsutta died suddenly within a year of his succession, and Massasoit's second son Metacom became sachem of the Pokanokets and chief sachem of the Greater Wampanoag Confederacy. He believed that Wamsutta had been murdered at the hands of the Colonists, and this was one of the factors that led to [[King Philip's War]], one of the bloodiest wars in Colonial American history.

A [[Massasoit (statue)|statue of Massasoit]] by sculptor [[Cyrus E. Dallin]] stands near [[Plymouth Rock]], with others [[Statue of Massasoit (Salt Lake City)|outside the Utah State Capitol]] building, on the campus of [[Brigham Young University]], at the [[Springville Museum of Art]] in [[Springville, Utah]], and in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] at the corner of Main Street and Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd. In Massachusetts, both [[Massasoit Community College]] and [[Massasoit State Park]]<ref>[https://www.mass.gov/locations/massasoit-state-park "Massasoit State Park", Commonwealth of Massachusetts]</ref> are named for him.