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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.
"He is, Sir Christopher," answered the soldier. "Sassacus has not seen him, I trust." "No one has seen him but myself. I have faithfully followed your orders, and kept him like a rat in a trap. He takes to eating and sleeping prodigious kindly, and has shown no disposition to do any thing else." "It is natural he should do so, and you have acted with discretion."
"Tell him," replied Sassacus, "that I am that eagle at whose scream the Narraghansetts hide themselves like little birds in the bushes." "A bold answer," said Winthrop. "Ask him now, wherefore he hath been lurking in the woods in the vicinity of our lodges." "The feet of Sassacus," answered the chief, "tread upon the forest leaves at his pleasure.
"Stay to teach the little bird to fly away, or until I return with my warriors. Sassacus goes now like a brook just starting from the ground; but he will come back like a mighty river when angry 'Hpoon pours its swollen waters into the salt lake. Sassacus hath said."
The occurrences at the reception of the Taranteen embassy were also detailed the appearance of Sassacus, the excitement of the Indians, and the consequences which followed. "I found it hard," said Sir Christopher, "to allay their wild passion on the discovery of the Pequot Chief.
"Sassacus is prudent as well as brave, and, as you saw on the night when he was attacked by the Taranteens, has some of his men with him; besides, the Aberginians are at peace with his tribe." "It is only the ingenious malice of the Assistant Spikeman that I dread." "Be assured, also, on that head.
They are heretics, and given over to believe a lie from whom this land shall be taken, and bestowed as an heritage on others, who shall be the Indians' friends, and they shall all live together." "Listen! My brother has spoken of this before, and Sassacus has thought much about it.
Now Uncas was himself a Pequot by birth and belonged to the royal family, and it seems strange that he should not take part with his own people. But not long before this he had rebelled against the chief sachem, Sassacus, and had tried to make himself independent.
He was a stern, reckless man, and quite ambitious of claiming independence of Sassacus, with his powerful section of the tribe. The Mohegans, Pequots, and Narragansets all spoke the same language, with but a slight diversity in dialect. The Mohegans, with apparent eagerness, united with the English.
The idea of letting the Pequot fight the battle alone was derogatory to his honor, and besides, his curiosity was stimulated to witness the conduct of the savage, and he therefore answered with some asperity "For what does the chief take me? Am I a deer to be frightened at the whizzing of an arrow, or the sight of a tomahawk?" "Sassacus would be grieved should his brother lose his scalp."
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