Round 3: Tossup 13

This adjective names the title pirate of a James Fenimore Cooper novel featuring Harry Wilder and Scipio Africanus. In a short story partially titled for this adjective, a child is found wielding a rock “half as big as a coconut,” and a man declares himself “Old Hank, the Trapper.” In that story, a game of “Black Scout” is played (10[1])by Bill (10[1])Driscoll and a “Chief” described by this adjective, (-5[1])whom the narrator (10[1])kidnaps. (10[3])This adjective (10[1])titles a novel (10[1])in which Jim Conklin’s death in the Civil War is witnessed by Henry Fleming, (10[1])who desires the title wound. For 10 points, in a novel by Stephen Crane, what color describes a “Badge of Courage?” ■END■ (10[1])

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