Welcome to Puzzle #12 in the Bristol County Puzzle Series! The Series covers all of the towns in Bristol County MA. Yes, all 20. The Series is broken up into 4 groups with 5 puzzles per group. The puzzles must be solved in order as each puzzle will give a clue that will allow you to solve the next one in that group. Solve the 5 together in each group and earn the coords for the bonus cache. Each bonus cache will provide a clue for the series final so pay attention when signing those logs!
No special equipment is needed to log the individual caches, but if your goal is to find the bonus caches and the final cache in this series, you will need to bring a special "tool" with you to each of the caches.
Good luck and Happy Caching! Now for your puzzle...
Excerpt taken from "History of Bristol County, Massachusetts"...
"That greatest and most bloody of New England
conflicts, although waged in several different colo-
nies, had its commencement and ending within the
limits of what became Bristol County, Mass.
"On Sunday, the 20th of June, 1675, open hostilities
were commenced by the Indians in the town of
Swansea by plundering the houses of English inhab-
itants while the latter were absent at meeting. On
that day seven or eight of King Philip's Indians went
to the house of an inhabitant of Swansea, whom they
found at home, and requested the privilege to grind
a hatchet, which was objected to on the part of the
Englishman, who told the Indians that it was the
Sabbath, and God would be very angry if he per-
mitted them to grind the hatchet that day, to which
they are said to have returned the answer that they
knew not who his God was, and that they would
grind the hatchet for all him or his God either. The
same day these Indians meeting an Englishman upon
the road told him to do no work on his God's day,
and that he should tell no lies, and then suffered him
quietly to pass on."
Answer the question correctly to find the 2 words to enter into the Geochecker.
Question: Whose conflict in Bristol County history was this the beginning of (include the "s" but do not include any punctuation)?
When you have figured it out, check with the checker to see if you are correct! Solve the puzzle, enter the word into the Geochecker along with the keyword that was given to you when you solved BCPS #11. You will need to add this AFTER what you decipher from this puzzle.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
NOTE as of 6/09/25: The shortened URLs used on the QR codes will no longer work as of August 2025. You may have seen a message already when you scanned a code. We are still deciding what to do with the series. In the meantime, we are providing the full URL that you would receive from the QR code so that you can continue working on the series. - QR Scan Hint for this cache