Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-08-11
Massasoit and His Crows.

| una kindly y path went through the
! woods to valley. where he had his
camp and this path was his front door.
! If anyone came 10 see him and took am
| other path they might bc shot with an
! arrow, the same as a man would he shot
! with pistol who went into your house
| through ii window instead of your front
| door.
! MaSsasoit liked to be dressed up. He
wore n row of feathers in his back HAIR
that came up On top OF his head and
great round moon earnings Wen in his
ears \ wide handsome belt made Of
| beads and embroidered with birds aud
| flowers wound round his waist. lie
often painted birds on his face. aud his
! shawl was Il red and yellow blanket
| He walked very straight with his head
! erect, rs though he owned all the land
1 where he lived. and indeed lie did; he
was very rich in land. As Grandma said
| this she. too, Strengthened up and shook
| her head and remembered they used
1 20 tell the children in her day To- walk
| straight as an Indian
| Little Eunce. with her sparkling black
! eyes. said Tell more about good Mas
sd, grandma
'Ouc day in late summer some white
| folks who had heard of MaSsasoit's beau
! tlful country fixed up some baskets of
| luncheon and went out to his land. AS
/ they had also heard that he WAS sociahlc
and would shake hands they expected 10
/ have very nice time. They walked until
! they were tired and hungry and then sat
| down i'll a meadow by a brook. When
! they drank the water they exclaimed:
| What sweet water, and 50 clear. One
said this might truly be called 'Clcarrun
| brook" and that is the name it is known
! by to this day So they ate and drank
and were very happy.
"AS they rested they talked about the
country and they all agreed that if they
could buy some of the land they would
| come here to live; SO they started M all
together and went to md MaSsaSoit and
! ask him to sell them some land.
"They walked a long way, but at last
came to the wood and to his path and
called ont, Ilowdydo MaSsasotT lie
! heard them and called out 'Hou-oh.'
| Then he came out and shook hands,
| but he did not speak much of the Eug-
| fish language. SO they had a cane and
| they marked off large square on the
] ground and made motions with their fin
! gers that they wished to buy land; but
as he never had sold any land he could
! not make out what they meant 10y the
| square place on the ground.
There was in the camp ut this time
an Indian named Susamen. who was
! called the praying Indian, because lac
| had been with Dr, Elliot, the missionary
! and he talked English very well, 50
| Massasoit went Il little way into the
| wood and called him up. Then he came
ont ard shook hands all round aud was
very glad to see the white folks in Mas
/ saSoit'S country.
! After Susamcn understood the square
| of ground he explained 10 MaSSasUit that
| ii the white folks could buy land Of him
| to plant on they would come there and
/ live. MaSsaSoit was pleased and smiled
/ ever So much all over his face, and said
J they might take "A patch just as well as
/ not and he was going to make them
| present of it. But SuSamen told him rs
1 winter would soon he here he should
! have some pay. So the white folks asked
! for plot of eight miles square and they
| gave him ten strings of white beads in a
| basket and he told Susamen that he
was well satisfied, but thought he should
have a coat more. These beads were
! regular Indian money and were called
! ten fathome of wampum.
! In a few days after this land trade,
! the white folks minister came To see
| MaSSasoit's country, and he said how
! broad. how grand, and when they told
| him how much of his country they had
| bought, he said, we will name il from
| the Bible and call il Rchoboth and make
wide streets the same as they had III the
! Bible Kehohoth. And we will have large
! farms, but upon the plain we will build
| houses near together and have them set
! iii the shape of a half moon. We viii
! build Il church in the center ana have
moon house for the people. | will
preach morning and afternoon and they
must 90 to the moon house for their
| dinner.
"A small river flowed through the land
! from end to end and they all went for
IL walk along its course. The meadows
were green and refreshing and a bright
red flower, called cardinal flower, sprung
| m nil along IN damn places.