May had begun been a difficult month for both sides with disaster of a kind for each suffered at the Great Falls of the Connecticut or Peskeompscutt (the Turner’s Falls Fight) but for Philip and his Confederated Tribes the re-entry of the Mohawk into the war did great harm to his credibility with the other Sachems. Would the English United Colonies be able to mount any true offensive and counter the previously successful tactics of the Natives? June would be the telling month! Click here for a 15-minute video about the attacks on Hatfield posted at Fishing Historic Places on June 25, 2026.

The month of June would be critical for the Natives, and most specifically Metacom (above, left). Could the Confederated forces finally crack the Valley defenses and make it a secure base of operations?

Svec points to a marker on the common in Hadley that reads: “In 1776, this common and most of its buildings were surrounded by a palisade of split logs at least three fingers thick and 8 feet high. The fortification was one mile long by 40 rods wide. Hadley was then a frontier outpost that felt threatened by Native American attack.”

Would the English United Colonies be able to mount any true offensive and counter the previously successful tactics of the Natives? June would be the telling month!