Captain Samuel Hunting (July 22, 1640 – August 19, 1701) was a military officer from Massachusetts who served in King Phillip's War.
[2][3][4] During King Phillip's War, Hunting raised a company of Christian Indians to fight alongside the English settlers.
"[5][4] In that same month, following orders from Governor John Leverett, Hunting and Lt. James Richardson erected a garrison at Pawtucket Falls to protect the residents there.
[8][2][3] Hunting praised the native warriors, who came from Natick, saying "the said Indians behaved themselves courageously and faithfully to the English interest.
[8] Pomham, though he was so wounded he could not stand, grabbed hold of an English soldier and would have killed him had one of the settler's compatriots not come to his rescue.