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"Sassacus will bury the tomahawk with the Narraghansetts, and exchange wampompeag with the Taranteens, and they unite against the strangers. The eyes of Sassacus are opened. There can be no peace with Owanux."
"Soog-u-gest is my brother," answered the Sagamore. "Does he know the occasions of Soog-u-gest's frequent absences from home?" "He hunted sometimes with Sassacus," was the answer. "And what knows he of the woman?" "She is the sister of Soog-u-gest." "Is she not his wife?" demanded Dudley. But Sassacus, merely shaking his head, made no reply.
Well, well; he had never supposed that he should be the one embarrassed, and above all by a sincere and cordial welcome. "We heard you were at the Sassacus House," were Ruth's first words; "and this I suppose is your friend?" "I beg your pardon," Philip at length blundered out, "this is Mr. Brierly of whom I have written you."
He strode out of the lodge, while the soldier, burning with indignation, disposed himself so that, unseen, he might notice all that was done, and determined, unarmed as he was, to interpose. Presently Sassacus re-appeared, emerging from the larger lodge, followed by the Assistant, whose arms were bound again, and who was conducted by two savages, holding him by either arm.
This being performed, he was suffered to rise, and, upon gaining his feet, he saw himself in the presence of Sassacus. The blood fled the cheeks and lips of Spikeman as he beheld the savage, and felt that he was in the hands of one whom, without cause, he had injured, and who belonged to that wild race, with whom revenge is a duty as well as a pleasure.
The three bore the body to the bank of the river, where, binding it with withes to several large limbs of trees, they thrust it into the stream, and left it to find its way to the ocean. A few earnest words, unintelligible to the young man, were on their return spoken by Sassacus, who had meanwhile had a styptic applied to his wound.
All the assembled council were unanimous in their decision, that the request of Sassacus should be complied with; and Tisquantum then turned to Henrich, who sat beside him, and said 'My son! the days are past when I could lead forth my warriors to the battle, and wield my tomahawk with the best and the bravest.
"When did Sassacus ever make a secret of his lodge? He is not a beaver, or a wretched wood-chuck, to burrow in the ground, but an eagle who makes his nest on the highest trees." From this reply Arundel could only understand, that the place where the hut stood was too well known to make it difficult for the Indians to discover it.
At a short distance from them there was another still more formidable fort filled with fierce Pequot warriors, where Sassacus himself commanded. Thus, even in this hour of signal victory, starvation and ruin stared them in the face. The officers met together in anxious consultation.
He would not, however, desert his friend; and, despairing of changing the chief's resolution, he walked in silence after him, turning over in his mind the possibilities of a night skirmish. Sassacus had, probably, an idea of his thoughts, for presently he resumed his attempt to dissuade Arundel from accompanying him. "My brother," he said, "has no quarrel with the Taranteens.
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