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Old Kiodote knew Solomon and remembered Jack, whom he had seen in the great council at Albany in 1761. "He says your name was 'Boiling Water," Solomon said to Jack after a moment's talk with the chief. "He has a good memory," the young man answered. The two white men were invited to take part in the games. All the warriors had heard of Solomon's skill with a rifle.
Like every reaping of the whirlwind this one had been far more plentiful than the seed from which it sprang. Those April days the power of the Indian was forever broken and his cup filled with bitterness. Solomon had spoken the truth when he left the Council Fire in the land of Kiodote: "Hereafter the Injun will be a brother to the snake."
The chief and his sachems and warriors and their wives had gone on to the great council fire in the land of Kiodote, the Thorny Tree. They spent a night in the little cabin tavern of Bill Scott on the upper waters of the Mohawk. Mrs. Scott, a comely woman of twenty-six, had been a sister of Solomon's wife.
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