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Opechanchanough, still angry at the ridicule that a child had brought upon him, lingered to ask; "Wilt thou not punish her?" "Surely I will," Powhatan answered. "Go ye all to the guest lodge and I will follow. Away, Nautauquas, and carry my pipe thither." They were now alone in the lodge, the great chief over thirty tribes and his daughter, who still stood with downcast head.
She remembered that Powhatan that very day had ordered one of his squaws beaten until she lay at death's door. Moreover, it was a great joy to hunt with Nautauquas and to see which of them would bring down the most turkeys. They were needed by the squaws who had been complaining that the braves were growing lazy and did not keep them supplied with meat.
He was by no manner of means a coward: his long row of scalps attested to his prowess as a brave; but, unlike Nautauquas, he was one who followed where others led, who obeyed when others commanded. He was fierce in fight, relentless to an enemy, could not even dream as did his father and brother that the white men might become valuable allies and friends.
"And hast thou no fear, little sister?" he asked affectionately; "no fear of wild animals or of our enemies?" "Wild animals will not hurt me. I patted a mother bear with cubs one night, and she did not even growl." Nautauquas did not doubt her word. He knew that there were certain human beings whom beasts will not hurt.
Tell her that her son, Claw-of-the-Eagle, hath met his death bravely and that Pocahontas mourns him with her." Then she dismissed the boy. As he walked away she remembered that she desired him to bear also a special word to Nautauquas, so she started to run and call him back.
Nautauquas and Catanaugh had enjoyed their time on the island among the palefaces, Catanaugh being interested only in the fort and its guns and in the ship, and Nautauquas, not only in these, but in talking as well as he could with the colonists.
She knelt down just beyond the reach of the wildcat and began to whisper to it. Nautauquas could not make out what she said, but to his amazement he beheld how the beast ceased to lash its tail and how its muscles seemed to relax. Nevertheless the young brave caught Pocahontas by the arm and tried to pull her away. "There is no danger, my brother," she remonstrated. "Fear not.
"I wish to go to him." Nautauquas looked at her earnestly as if he would question her, but did not. "They say he is on his way to Jamestown and should reach there on the morrow." As Pocahontas and Nautauquas returned at sunset to Werowocomoco, the girl stopped at Wansutis's lodge. "Thou comest for healing herbs for thy white man," exclaimed the old woman before Pocahontas had spoken a word.
He is dear to me because I know him and because I know him not. Thou surely hast not forgotten how Matoaka ever longed for what lay unknown beyond her." "Hath thy manitou spoken?" questioned Nautauquas again. "The God of the Christians is my god now," she answered. "So should it be," said Nautauquas, although Catanaugh scowled; "a woman must worship the spirits to which her brave prayeth.
Let us be friends with them." "Have they bewitched thee, Matoaka?" asked Catanaugh sternly. "Hast thou forgot thy father's lodge now that thou hast dwelt among these strangers?" "Nay, Brother, but...." Nautauquas was quick to notice Pocahontas's confusion and the blush that stole over her soft dark cheek. "I think," he said, smiling at her, "that our little Sister hath a story to tell us.
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