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"And can the chief say why the Great Spirit gave Owanux the wisdom which he denied to us?" "That is a question I cannot answer, any more than why thy skin is red and mine white; but the Christian religion was the means whereby the change was effected." "There is but one Great Spirit, who made all things," said Sassacus, solemnly, "and we worship him as well as the white men.
Owanux have not found the book with the pretty pictures, nor the man with the sweet face, with his eyes shut, and his head falling on one side, upon his shoulder, who makes Neebin feel like crying when she looks at him; and Sir Christopher is gone away, so that they cannot catch him." "Dear Neebin," said the lady, "thine are timely words of consolation.
Yet, notwithstanding the peremptory tone wherewith he had announced his determination, very soft was the voice, and gentle the manner of the Sagamore, as he addressed his follower: "Towanquattick," he said, "is my friend, and will watch over the little Pequot bird that has strayed into the trap of Owanux." "Towanquattick will watch," was the answer.
Mesandowit will tell them how Soog-u-gest flew to Shawmut, when Mesandowit, of the swift foot, brought a message from the sachems of the Taranteens, that they desired him to take care of the two warriors who brought the red arrows tied up with a snake skin as a present to Owanux. The Taranteens are a great people and forget not a benefit."
Now, we want to know how to talk with the Manito who instructed them in so many things. If they are good for Owanux, they may be good for us too." "Certain am I, Sassacus," said Arundel, "nothing would delight the noble heart of the Governor more than to have you Christians." "Sassacus wishes not to be a Christian. He was born an Indian, and will live and die true to the traditions of his race.
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!
The Taranteens were felt to occupy a position of great advantage, and likely to attract the sympathy of the Indians generally, and even to unite tribes before hostile to one another against the perfidious Owanux. To the Taranteens no blame could be attached. They had been guilty of no breach of faith; they had acted like brave and honorable men.
But if they cannot help, fly, like the swallow over the hills and streams, to the hunting grounds of my tribe, and say to my people that their Sachem is a wolf in a trap, and Neebin a slave to Owanux." "What says he?" inquired Endicott, whose attention had been attracted by the longer speech, and somewhat raised tone of the Sagamore's voice.
We want them all for the game to run in. These two black belts preserve my words. "But the Taranteens are a great people, and know how to defend themselves, and if Owanux attempt to dispossess them, there will be talk of taking scalps. These three red belts preserve my words.
"It was on account of the wickedness of the Aberginians," he said, "that they were swept off from the face of the land, and it was not merely for the purpose of trade that Owanux or the English had been sent by the Great Spirit to take their places. If the English became wicked, they, also, would be destroyed in like manner, and so would all who should imitate them.
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