The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish: A Tale is a 1829 historical novel written by American writer James Fenimore Cooper.
James Fenimore Cooper's The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish: A Tale is a historical novel set during King Philip's War, and was first published on November 6, 1829.
[3] In May 1828, Cooper informed Charles Wilkes that he anticipated printing again, and by August, he had a book that was half completed.
Captain Mark Heathcote, a devout Puritan and former militiaman, leaves colonial Massachusetts to establish a settlement in the Connecticut wilderness, where he and his family face frequent conflict with Native Americans, including the captured Narragansett youth Conanchet.
Years later, during the violent King Philip's War, Heathcote's granddaughter Ruth reappears as the Indian chief's wife and mother of his child.