The war is named Name_conferral for Metacomet , the Wampanoag chief who adopted Choosing the name Philip because of the friendly relations between his father Massasoit and the Mayflower Pilgrims .

Massasoit had maintained Preserving a long-standing alliance with the colonists .

Metacom ( 1638–1676 ) was his younger son , and he became Becoming tribal chief in 1662 after Massasoit 's death Death .