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Awashonks accused the English of provoking her to hostilities when she had wished to live in friendship with them. At one moment these children of nature would seem to be in a towering rage, and again perfectly pleasant, and almost affectionate. Captain Church happened to allude to one of the battles between the English and the Indians.
"Why, then," Captain Church continued, "are your warriors here with arms in their hands?" Awashonks appeared embarrassed, and replied, "What weapons do you wish them to lay aside?" The Indian warriors scowled angrily, and deep mutterings were passing among them.
They walked together a short distance from the shore, when suddenly a large party of Indians, painted and decorated in warlike array, and armed to the teeth, sprang up from an ambush in the high grass, and surrounded them. Church, undismayed, turned to Awashonks, and said, indignantly, "I supposed that your object in inviting me to this interview was peace." "And so it is," Awashonks replied.
Awashonks offered to surrender her warriors to his service if they could be under the command of Captain Church, in whom both she and they reposed perfect confidence. This offer was peremptorily declined, and she was haughtily commanded to appear at Sandwich, where the governor resided, within six days. The queen, mortified by this unfriendly reception, appealed to Captain Church.
Captain Church immediately then took a canoe, and again visited Awashonks. He informed her of the arrival of Major Bradford, urged her to keep all her people at home lest they should be assailed by these troops, and assured her that if she would visit Major Bradford in his encampment she should be received with kindness, and a treaty of peace would be concluded.
Hostility of the Mohawks. Turn of the tide. Dismay of the Indians. Extract from Cotton Mather. Search for King Philip. An interview with the Indians. The Indians desire peace. Interview with the governor. Captain Church visits Awashonks. A perilous interview. Rage of a warrior. Proposals for an alliance. Embassadors to the governor. The journey interrupted. Awashonks visits Major Bradford.
Execution of the Indians. Superstitious notions. Insolence of the Indians. They capture a settler. The first blood. Day of fasting. Letter of Governor Winslow. Murders by the Indians. Flight of the colonists. Energy of Philip. Assistance implored. Flight of Philip. March of the army. The Soykonate tribe. Awashonks. Captain Church. The embassadors of Philip. The council.
At this the irate savage immediately calmed down, and all was peace again. As the result of the interview, Awashonks promised to ally herself in friendship with the English upon condition that Church should obtain the pardon of her tribe for all past offenses.
She was therefore anxious to remain neutral. This, however, could not be. The war was such that all dwelling in the midst of its ravages must choose their side. Philip sent six embassadors to engage Awashonks in his interest. She immediately assembled all her counselors to deliberate upon the momentous question, and also took the very wise precaution to send for Captain Church.
Awashonks called upon the Wampanoag embassadors to come forward. They were marked men, dressed in the highest embellishments of barbaric warfare. Their faces were painted. Their hair was trimmed in the fashion of the crests of the ancient helmets. Their knives and tomahawks were sharp and glittering. They all had guns, and horns and pouches abundantly supplied with shot and bullets.
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