METIPOM’S HOSTAGE
KING PHILIP
METIPOM’S HOSTAGE
BEING A NARRATIVE OF CERTAIN SURPRISING
ADVENTURES BEFALLING ONE DAVID LINDALL
IN THE FIRST YEAR OF KING PHILIP’S WAR
BY
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The University Press, Cambridge
1921
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
I. The Red Omen 1 II. The Meeting in the Woods 14 III. Down the Winding River 27 IV. The Spotted Arrow 41 V. David visits the Praying Village 53 VI. What happened at the Pool 69 VII. Captured 82 VIII. Metipom questions 93 IX. The Village of the Wachoosetts 105 X. Sequanawah pledges Friendship 122 XI. The Cave in the Forest 135 XII. David faces Death 147 XIII. A Friend in Strange Guise 159 XIV. Emissaries from King Philip 172 XV. The Sachem decides 180 XVI. Monapikot’s Message 193 XVII. Metipom takes the War-Path 204 XVIII. In King Philip’s Power 219 XIX. The Island in the Swamp 234 XX. David bears a Message 249 XXI. To the Rescue 260 XXII. The Attack on the Garrison 272 XXIII. Straight Arrow returns 281
ILLUSTRATIONS
King Philip Frontispiece In that instant David knew, and his heart leaped into his throat 80 There was a swift whiz-z! beside him and an arrow embedded itself in a sapling 224 Then David was half pushing, half carrying Monapikot through the doorway 282
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