"[1] British colonists encroached on Wampanoag land and cleared forests, which reduced local game for subsistence.
Her husband at the time, Petonanuit, sided with the English, and his followers became the Fall River Indian settlement.
[9] A skirmish took place near the village between the Pocasset Wampanoag warriors loyal and English and Fall River Indian volunteers,[9] under the command of Colonel Benjamin Church.
[8] Immediately after the fighting, the Pocasset Wampanoags fled to Narragansett territory for temporary refuse from the English.
[10] After the battle, the Plymouth Colony allowed the Fall River Indians who fought under Church to settle among the English colonists.