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The wars of a portion of the latter are celebrated among us as the wars of King Philip; but the peaceful policy of William Penn, or Miquon, as he was termed by the natives, effected its object with less difficulty, though not with less certainty.
See Hawk-eye! when young, he would go days and eat nothing; but should he not put the brush on the fire now, the blaze would go out. Take the son of Miquon by the hand, and he will help you. Im not the man I was, Ill own, Chingachgook, returned the Leather- Stocking; but I can go without a meal now, on occasion.
Do not believe evil of my father, old Mohegan, for he is just and good. The brother of Miquon is good, and he will do right. I have said it to Hawk-eye -I have said it to the Young Eagle that the brother of Miquon would do justice.
Let the Young Eagle and the Great Land Chief eat together; let them sleep, without fear, near each other. The children of Miquon love not blood: they are just, and will do right. The sun must rise and set often, be fore men can make one family; it is not the work of a day, but of many winters.
They cherished in grateful regard, they repeated to their children and to the whites, the terms of the Great Treaty. The Delawares called William Penn Miquon, in their own language, though they seem to have adopted the name given him by the Iroquois, Onas; both which terms signify a quill or pen. Benjamin West's picture of the treaty is too imaginative for a historical piece.
There is good in the talk of my father, said Mohegan, stopping short, and causing those who Were behind him to pause also; it is the talk of Miquon. The white man may do as his fathers have told him; but the Young Eagle has the blood of a Delaware chief in his veins; it is red, and the stain it makes can only be washed out with the blood of a Mingo. Mr.
Natty gave Elizabeth one of his significant laughs, with a kind nod of the head, when he concluded his invitation but Mohegan, with the native grace of an Indian, approached, and taking her soft white hand into his own swarthy and wrinkled palm, said: Come, granddaughter of Miquon, and John will be glad. Trust the Indian; his head is old, though his hand is not steady.
Mohegan now spoke in tolerable English, but in a low, monotonous, guttural tone; The children of Miquon do not love the sight of blood; and yet the Young Eagle has been struck by the hand that should do no evil! Mohegan! old John! exclaimed the Judge, thinkest thou that my hand has ever drawn human blood willingly? For shame! for shame, old John! thy religion should have taught thee better.
The Mingoes and the Delawares are born enemies; their blood can never mix in the wigwam; it never will run in the same stream in the battle. What makes the brother of Miquon and the Young Eagle foes? They are of the same tribe; their fathers and mothers are one. Learn to wait, my son, you are a Delaware, and an Indian warrior knows how to be patient.
But the brother of Miquon is just; he will cut the country in two parts, as the river cuts the lowlands, and will say to the Young Eagle, Child of the Delawares! take it keep it; and be a chief in the land of your fathers.
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