Word: metacom
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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Miss Sears is telling the story of the war waged in the 1670's by the Indian chieftain Metacom, whom the English called King Philip, against the white settlers of the New England States. King Philip was centainly a very striking figure. Possessed of great strength and stature, his prowess in war kept the colonists in a continual state of fear, and the fight he led brought death to several hundred colonists and destruction to a dozen towns...
...second factor is Miss Sears' manner of expressing herself. Choosing excerpts from a book is a vicious practice, but one example will illustrate this point unfortunately well and will serve as an all too fitting conclusion. Here is Miss Sears' eulogy of the slain Indian Metacom (King Philip): "Metacom--mighty warrior!--mighty patriot!--they could speak sneeringly of him now that he was lying dead in the mud, lie at whose name they had quailed when life was vibrant in him. They drag that kingly form through the mire and buffet it as nothing now but an old piece...
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