New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-05
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
A., RsmbIe in the Granite 'sin,e....No ia.

-. Second Of that name King Of Great britain,
s,g,oe and Ireland Defender Of the Faith, nc.
..eoverning or rather mis- ernlng the countries
ser which he exercised rule, PAssAcoNAwAY,
ne rfeat sagamore Of Penacook, now called
Coacord held undisputed sway over all the inland
.shss Of Indians who dwell around the PIscatsqua
and is various branches Dreamed precareus NV
40 n, hunting or fishing near Pawtucket or the
Wipncpisiogee Lake He was man Of great sa-
sacity and cunning, and his superior acquaintance
Nth the operations OF Nature gave him among the
nations subject 10 bis dominion the character OF
.oocercr and added much 10 the extent Of his au-
,bohty By the moral influence he thence exercised
owe, the minds Of the untutored savage. la the
,rsetoe Of his magical arts $50 it vas reported and
is6evedD be could cause water to burn, and trees
70 walk like men he commanded, and the dry and
exhausted leaf assumed the form aud freshness OF
The green one-the skin OF the dead serpent became
allied with life, arose and eIided along the ground
lie turned himself into fame, if tsuited his pur
nose aud walked ameng his fear palsied worshiPers
prodigy and terror
Whatever may have been his real or fabulous
authority over the secret operations of Nature upon
the minds and conduct of his followers his iahu-
eoee was indisputable and irresistible. He fore
,sx the inevitable destruction OF his race from It's
contact with the English and, foreseeing, wished
=, pro,ract it. He therefore endeavored to cult
,s,e friendly relations with the Coonists whom he
hated and feared, and often warned bis people to
lake Good heed how they quarreed with their en-
coaching noighbors.
In 1860 at the last great dance and feast over
which he was destined 10 preside PAssAcoNAwAY
made his farewell to his children and people
raon the bank Of the Merrmac on the very spot
.au covered by the houses and buildings of Con
ovd he uttered TO the people he loved so well bis
snsl aimonitions and predictions. Shaken with
age and with the apprehension of coming evils ne
,poke in broken but most impressive words to the
persons crowded around him He told them that
hshadhated and endeavoredto destroy the English
sdthat finding human means unavailable and I'M
sual for the purpose he had tried by the dark arts
gswcery and Magic to prevent their settlement,
ud accomplish their expulsion In all his en-
ds,vors he had been unsuccessful. his magic had
Baasailed him, for the Powers that preside over
he invisible and terrible world had been more KIND
the English than to themselves, and he aud his
we're abandoned 10 their own unaided and futile
ssots
Omens-he ssid--and prodges predicted the
gpruaching greatness Of the English. They came
Inn the rising sun and would follow It's course 10
asWest He had studied and Invoked the Heav'
as and they had replied to bis incantations lie
Nd heard the noise of drums and OF guns IN the air,
nd seen flaming swords and spears in the heavens
nd connagrations OF portcntous character-the
rsry sun had withdrawn his face from the Indian
.ho adored him. and offered this prodigy as pres
lie OF his coming fate,
But the inevitable day, he said, that could not be
wooded. night be deferred There was no urgent
ate against the poor sons OF the forest. The Eng
hshman would bide his time nor risk 10y sudden
rsshness the loss of dominion the course of events
was sure to obtain for him
10 therefore advised his people cautiously to
abstain from quarrelns with the Enssh-to give
nem rather assistance than obstruction in their set
n,ments to endeavor to dlsarm by kindness
the power impossible to he overcome by open re
sstance
His admonitIons had the effect he intended His
people regarded them as orscles-the inspiration OF
one IN direct correspondence with another world
and dying the spirit OF his words exercised the
same influence be had ever used in his days oil
vigorous manhood.
The tribe Of Penacook aud all OF their kith, kin
and aliance abstaiued therefore irom any part
eipstion III the war which followed soon after com
monty called King Philips War, which was ex-
cited by Philip Sachem OF the Wampanoags, and In
which he persisted. Though the currency oiopinion
seems now to be that Philip was really desrous to
ssO.d the war from motives OF policy but that he
Was forced into 1t by the rrepressbe erdor OF his
young men. Young Indiana, as ! suppose we
must call them
WoNoLANsYr the son aud successor OF Passacon
away. withdrew with his people farther up the
Merrimso on the breaking out Of the war in order
10 be in less danger Of engaging therein. He had
neither the sagacty, however nor the energy OF
bis father and W as unable to retain his influence
or command bis good fortune By bis conduct IN
Kms Philips War much as he wished to maintain
friendly relations he did not secure the confidence
nor always the iorbearance Of the English. Al the
close THAT war on the 9th OF September 1910 IN
company with four hundred other Indians, he was
nyegled into a snare by MAJOR Waldron at Coche-
co where they had been invited to make peace.
Aterihc calumet had gone round, and all suspicion
Of injury from the English laid aside the Indians
consented to a shamfght-a sport practiced as
much then as now at Yankee musters. Major
waldron diverted them for a time in this manner,
III he had caused them to discharge their pieces
when on sudden, surrounding them with his own
companies completely armed. he captured the
whole force with perhaps the exception OF two or
three. Wonolanset with the Penacook INDIANS
aud some others who had made peace year De
fore and Kept it faithfully, were dismissed ~itno1'
their srms-but many strange Indians As 'neS
we're called who had fed to the PenacooSs iron
the Southwark, where they had been lighting "n
der King Philip, were held prisoners, to the NUMBER
4 IS said, ftwo hundred. They were all SEM &c
Boston. where seven, who were convicted oil nav
.ns allied Englishmen, were hung the rest con
voted nor suspected of aught save devotion to the
race and king, were sent slares to the y" es'
Indies This heinOus breach of good faith on the
pArs OF Major Waldroo. resulted alterward IN hi'
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