Flight Of The Sparrow: A Novel of Early America

The next morning, while Mary and Weetamoo are preparing a squirrel stew, Quinnapin comes into the wetu drunk. Mary decides to use this to her advantage, and that afternoon, she goes to see Quinnapin. She tells him she wants to stay with the Nipmuc. He laughs in her face and tells her, “Go back to English where you belong” (164). That evening, James tells Mary that she will be ransomed for 20 pounds and a pint of liquor. She accuses James of working for Philip, and he leaves.

The next day, warriors arrive. They take Mary to Squire Hoar, a lawyer from Concord. Mary begs them not to release her without her children, but Quinnapin and Weetamoo do not respond. Squire Hoar hurries her away while she weeps.

While they travel, Squire Hoar tells Mary that the English soldiers arrived in Lancaster just after the attack. They arrive at the ruins of Lancaster. Mary begs Squire Hoar to let her see the remains of her burnt home. While she looks at it, she remembers the horrors of the day of the attack three months prior. Eventually, Squire Hoar urges them to keep moving, and they camp in the remains of a garrison house.