Prologue: Caskoak, the place of peace
Part I. The education of Weetamoo and James Printer: exchange, diplomacy, dispossession
Namumpum, "our beloved kinswoman," Saunkskwa of Pocasset: bonds, acts, deeds
The Harvard Indian College scholars and the Algonquian origins of American literature
Interlude: Nashaway: Nipmuc country, 1643-1674
Part II. No single origin story: multiple views on the emergence of war
The Queen's right and the Quaker's relation
The printer's revolt: a narrative of the captivity of James the Printer
Part III. Colonial containment and networks of kinship: expanding the map of captivity, resistance, and alliance
The roads leading North: September 1675-January 1676
Interlude: "My children are here and I will stay": Menimesit, January 1676
The captive's lament: reinterpreting Rowlandson's narrative
Part IV. The place of peace and the ends of war
Unbinding the ends of war
The Northern front: beyond replacement narratives.
