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"No more. Where the chief is I will be. I am a warrior as well as Sassacus," replied the young man, beginning to retrace his steps. "It is well," said the Indian, following after him; but when the Pequots go to war in the night they make no noise. "As thou wilt. I have my dagger." "It is enough. Sassacus is a great chief, and my brother will obey him for one night."
Christian is good for Owanux, but is very bad for the red men. The beavers build dams in the streams, while the eagle flies among the clouds. The English are beavers, but Sassacus is an eagle." "But how can you attain to the knowledge of the white men, without becoming like them?" "My brother must not be angry when Sassacus says, that is a pappoose question. See!
Negotiations concerning this outrage had gone on between Sassacus and the government at Boston, and the Pequots had promised to deliver up the murderers, but had neglected to do so. In the summer of 1636 some Indians on Block Island subject to the Narragansetts murdered the pioneer John Oldham, who was sailing on the Sound, and captured his little vessel.
Energy of Sassacus. Vigilance of the enemy. Siege of Saybrook. Necessity for energetic action. Raising an army. Uncas sachem of the Mohegans. Departure of the troops. Torture of a captive. Fortresses. Plan of attack. Delight of the Pequots. Detentions. Landing. Cordial reception. Re-enforcements. Determination to proceed. Boasting. Continued re-enforcements. Rapid march. Plan of attack changed.
Are they like that hell which thy powaws say is prepared for such as thou?" Spikeman turned his ghastly face away from the blaze, with a shudder, but he said nothing. "The white man is silent," said Sassacus. "He acknowledges the justice of his doom. Lead him to the fire."
The white chief built his wigwam in the woods because he loves the Indians and the sound of their language, and Sassacus loves him for that reason, and because he has sat in the lodge on the pleasant bank of the Pequot river, and ate venison with Sassacus from the same fire. All Indians love to hear him tell how great and happy they might be.
"Alas!" said the Knight; "these are but figments of the imagination fond dreams as unsubstantial as morning mist, and deceitful as the wandering fire, which lures the ignorant traveller into the morass." "O, wise chief," said Sassacus, "our tribes have also their traditions, and I know not why they may not be as true as thine.
"Samoset will do the bidding of the great Sagamore," said the interpreter, anticipating what was to follow. "Go then, my friend, my brother, terror of the Narraghansetts, praise of the valiant Pequots, and find Soog-u-gest. Tell him that the blood of Sassacus is running away, like water from an overturned vessel, and that soon all will be spilled, unless he comes to set up the vessel.
Acts of violence. Discovery of the murder of Captain Stone and his men. Trading expedition to the Pequots. John Gallop. Valiant behavior of Captain Gallop. Victory over the Indians. The body of Captain Oldham. Loss of the pinnace. Retribution. The expedition. The first attack. The English victorious. The work of devastation. Inefficiency of the punishment. Exultation of Sassacus. Scenes of blood.
Were you to murder this man, the guilt would rest more on Prudence and me than on you, whose savage and un-Christian notions may partly excuse so dreadful an act." "My brother's heart is soft, like moss, but the heart of Sassacus is a stone. My brother must learn to harden his heart, and he shall soon behold a punishment becoming a great Sagamore. My brother thinks and feels like a Christian.
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