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THE BELT OF SEVEN TOTEMS
NINTH IMPRESSION
HE WAS SEIZED BY TWO PAIR OF BRAWNY HANDS AND
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THE BELT of SEVEN TOTEMS
A Story of Massasoit
By
KIRK MUNROE
Author of "Under the Great Bear," "Brethren of the
Coast," "Rick Dale," "Forward March,"
"The 'Mates'' Series," etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
EMLEN McCONNELL
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY KIRK MUNROE
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.
TO MY READERS
The following story is not intended as a history; it is merely aneffort to reconcile certain apparently conflicting facts and to explainan otherwise inexplicable situation. At the time of the Pilgrim Fathersall American Indians—not excepting those of New England—had sufferedrepeated outrage at the hands of white men, and in no case had theybeen given cause to love the invaders of their country or to welcometheir presence. Why, then, did the powerful Massasoit permit a whiteinvasion of his territory that he could so easily have crushed? Afriendship existed from the very first between him and Edward Winslow,and the latter seems to have exercised a great influence over theNew England sachem. What was the origin of this friendship? TheNarragansetts, while submitting to Massasoit's authority, were alwaysin sullen opposition to it. Why? It is to answer these questions to[Pg 6] myown satisf