l band of Indians we
should be unable to resist, and they would surely recapture you or kill
us all at once. If you will have a little patience, and still trust me,
I promise to return and liberate you as soon as I can get men."

"Yes, I trust you wholly; and, as for patience, the hope of rescue will
make it infinite until you come," said Millicent, smiling.

"Thank you for your trust; it shall not be misplaced. Be prepared at any
time after a week for an attack upon the camp, and this time the war-cry
will come from friends instead of enemies. May I do homage to the fair
hand that has carried water to quench the thirst of an Indian squaw?"
Before the blushing Millicent could deny the favor he had pressed her
fingers to his lips.

"I must return now, or they will look for me. See, the sun sets
already."

"I will go part way with you, as I wish to observe the situation of your
present home."

"Abode, not home," Millicent said, half-jestingly. "Yes, come with me,
but tread softly or you may be heard," and she led the way through the
wood. Upon reaching the brow of the hill she halted, and, placing her
hand on the captain's arm, said, "Look through these trees into the
clearing yonder." He did so, and saw a number of wigwams, with smoke
curling out from their tops, and, sitting about on the ground outside,
several women, and one or two old men.

"And there you have lived for nearly a year; but it is late; I must
leave you. Be of good courage, and believe that never a crusader felt
his pledge to visit the Holy Land more sacred than I do mine to liberate
you;" and, lifting his hat with deference, he withdrew into the forest.

The scene above described carries the reader back to the time of the
fierce and devastating war waged by King Philip against the settlers of
New England, in which all the worst elements of the Indian nature came
to the surface. The firebrand and the tomahawk were the weapons employed
by the Indians to accomplish their purpose of destroying the advancing
power of the white man; and so mercilessly did they use these that the
outposts of civilization were swept away as by a whirlwind. The savages,
avoiding direct conflict with organized forces of the English, made
sudden and unsuspected attacks, under cover of darkness, upon exposed
houses or towns, applying the torch to the buildings, and massacring the
inhabitants or carrying them into captivity. Neither the life nor
property of a white man was s