Indians had been weakened not only numerically but also spiritually. Many of those who became soldiers were enticed by the white mans’ liquor. King Philip’s War was a tragedy for the many Indians and whites directly involved as well as for the seventy-two-year-old John Eliot. He had poured decades of selfless service into his missionary work, and it was difficult to view the wreckage of the war. But he was not one to give up: “I can do little, yet I am resolved through the grace of Christ, I will