 Philip had already begun war preparations at his home base near Mount Hope where he started raiding English farms and pillaging their property . In response , Governor Josiah Winslow called out the militia , and they organized and began to move on Philip 's position . King Philip 's men attacked unarmed women and children in order to receive a ransom . One such attack resulted in the capture of Mary Rowlandson . The memoirs of her capture provided historians with much information on Native American culture during this time period . 
