Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-12-29

blood. What! would you cowardly muir
der these poor wrctches in their sleep, |
when you have it in your power To secure
them in a far more honorable way! /
promise, on one condition, to deliver the
into your hand, without the loss
of a single drop ofblood.' The Captain
solcmnly pledged bis word, if compatible
with honorable war. 'Thcn wait here!
exclaimed 'Wonderful,' 6 for the Indians
are at your mercy In a moment she
was out of sight. What was to be done?
The most perplexing suspicious crossed
the mind Of the soldier. Could it be a
statagem to entrap him!-Had he not
better alarm his men? But then the
probability of ~endangering the scheme
of the enemy's capture, and besides the
well known integrity Of Wonderful
urged him to await in silence the result
of the adventure. After something like
an Indian shout, he thought that he dts
linguished the low notes Of conversation;
then it died away, and again it was re-
sumed in louder and more earnest tones.
Fearful of surprise, he stood with one
foot on the side of the hill, prepared to
alarm his troop, in case OF accident or
treachery. He perceived at length from
the plnnacles of the grey rocks, two per-
sons advancing; and, on their nearer APP
proacb, recognized an indian under the
guidance of the witch. The Captain,
with his hand upon his blunderbuss, bold
ly advanced somewhat nearer to the par
tics.t' White mani the Indian chiefex-
claimed, 6 nm Indian knows both bravery
and gratitude. Our mother informed us
you approached, like the lion, our sleep
ing party, and with his magnanimity, you
spared our lives. You first unsheathed
the tomahawk, but we desire to bury it.
Why cause the poor Indians hearts to
bleed, and make them rs dark rs their
own forest ~caverns? Was not this our
home! Did not the Great Spirit give
rs these r!vcrs-those hills-and forests,
from thc rising TO the setting sun? Why
drive US among the panthcrs and bears!
We only fight for our rights. and the
Great Spirit tells us that they arc usur-
ped by the white man. This is no
time to parley, chiellain,' observed the
English soldier. 'our business is to
avcngc our wrongs, and your only hope
is TO surrender, Or these shores must
drink your blood!' Il came not, broth
or, to sue your favor, replied the Indian;
if we have been tigers, instead Of lambs,
who is to blame blu. the white man?
Were not our homes first beggarcd by
the English' One fire of my gum
replied the other, : decides the fate of
your people in the cavern: and, unless
you surrender this instant all Nahant
shall be IN Il blazc!' Brother resu-
med the chief, Il surrender on one con-
dition only Mention it, returned the
other. 'That we be allowed to depart
in u boats, on condition Of ~burying,
forever, the t~omahawk.' no. declared
his indignant antagonist, we will not
6 Captain muttered Wonderful, do you
remember the oath you solemnly pledg-
ed me? What oath, woman" dcman-
ded the soldier. sThat you would grant
me n request, if the Indians we're de-
livered into your hands. sAnd that re-
quest is 1t is returned the bag,
6 TO grant a free passage to the enemy as
he desired eff, brother, you refuse,
added the son Of the forest, we will
rather swim in our blood, than to submit
10 other terms The pistol Of the Off
Ger was already levelled, and snapped in
the air-but the flash was the only con
sequence. Heaven forbids you,' cried
the withered woman, sto make the in
tended sacrifice; and if you still persist,
will arm its Indignation against you.
The clouds, clearing away, disclosed
several bows of light, spanning the east.
crn and western shore; and the shock oil
an earthquake, accompanied by a pea
of thunder, arrested the attention of the
party. Il consent, them replied tho
relenting son of Mars, reading his duty
in the elements; but pledge me you
solemn oath, that your people shall no
engage in the war; swear it, said the
chieftain. Both we're satisfied. The,
parted OH the hill, each to annouuc t
/, his people the approaching preparations
After meeting OF the shore, and exchan
. ging a last farewell, the former returnc,
t to Lynn, TO announce The termination o
, hostilities, and the latter in their canoes
for the shores of Pocasset.
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