Mayflower -- Question 9

King Phillip's war didn't really shine any light on either side of the war. But, if anybody should be considered a hero, it should be Benjamin Church. Church understood why the war had broke out, but, one that he understood that no other Englishman really seemed to grasp, was that not all Indians were at fault with the English. Once the war broke out the Englishmen succumbed to killing any Indian, even the Praying Indians. To the English, all Indians were bad Indians. But, Church was the only man who disagreed. Church knew that not all Indians had it out to get the English, he even suggested that using the Indians who were on their side would help them win the war. Church would not submit himself to the act of killing any Indian, women and children included. Church eventually won over the judgement of many of the war officers, and received permission to use the Sakonnet Indians to fight for him in the war. Church would be a hero, to me, because he didn't stereotype every Indian to be with Phillip, he had the dignity to give most Indians the benefit of the doubt.