The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-08-08


the elder sister. There is in her
fash of the old naughty spirit of her
ancestors, some Of the mConquerable
pride of race which made MaSsasoit
the aUtocrat of warning tribes and
spurred Kin% Philip TO a hopeless
struggle that swept the length and
breadth of New England with death
and flames. When Princess Tcwoc-
| lecma speaks of her wrongs and the
| iniustices of the white intruders, her
| aged eyes regain their youthful fire,
! her gestures take ON the simple
grandeur. Of her illustrious forbears,
The town of Warren, II. l., has done
! something toward the memory of the
| sisters ancestor, Massasuit. On DC.
| tober 10, 1907, tablet was unveiled
over the spring which has always been
! known by the name of the mighty In
dian sachem. 1t bubhlod near his for
est home and the MassasOit Monument
association walled it up and improv ID
the surro,hdings that the spring might
run for all time as reminder of the
white mans Indebtedness. On hugo
stone was placed the tablet and on
the tablet is this inscription: This
tablet placed beside the gushing va
ter known for many generations as
MassaSoit's spring commentaries the
great Indian saChem Massasoit. friend
of the white man ruler Of this region
when the Pilgrims of the MayilOwer
landed at Plymouth in the year of our
Lord. 1920"
When the Pilgrim Fathers landed In
| America MasSasOit's empire extended
from Cape Cod to the Narragansett
Thirty villages owed him allegiance; ;
10000 Indians obeyed his word. But a
! furious plague broke out and when the
white men met with the sachem his
people had been almost eXtorminated; :;
whole tribes had been decimatcd The
early historians say that the savagcs
died in heaps" and only remnant
Of about 300 warriors was left to the
ruler in his lodges about Massasoit
| spring.
1t was on Thursday March % 1G21
| only 10l days after the Pilgrims had
/ landed on the new continent, that Mas
| sasoit met them formally for the lirs'
i time He had previously given an
/ audience % 'wo Of their cmissarcs,
I one Of whom was Edward Winslow
/ and had expressed friendliness for the
1 white man. SO TO this meeting he
! came in all good faith, accompanied
/ by his half brother, QuadcQuinG, and
/ 60 of his warriors, all armed with
| bows and arrows, their faces painted
| Some had skins on them and some
naked, all strong tall men in appear
1 anc2.'
/ The Indian chief appeared dramat
4 ically on what is now called Watson S
i hill and lined up his men, making an
4 imposing array To them came Ed
! ward Winslow carrying "A pair Of
/ knives, q chain and jewel for the
/ chief sachem also pot Of strong
! water. with some biscuit and butter
/ for treat. Wnslow stayed with the
/ Indians as a hostage and Moasa oft
I followed by % Of his warriors de-
+ seconded the hill toward the PILGRIMS
1 capt Standish met him with a fIo Of
! six muskoteers and gave him a salute.
/ afterward cscortng the chief to a
! hastily erected building, furnished
with green rug and three or -four
/ cushions
Here treaty was made and signed
! between MassasOit and the Pilgrims
! Winslow offered himself as hostage
/ for the keeping OF the agreement. Mas
| sasot declined. A reguIus az to honor
I himself, he GCorned to accept pledge
4 Honor was to him as the breath Of life.
and for 30 years he kept the treaty 10
/ the letter and IT, spirit. uu.l his
4 death, in fact II was the Pilgrims
! themselves who violated Ii The e.ea'
Indians fidelity q this arrecm.at
made thc American colony po alu
several times curing hIs rI. Nassa
soit nr.oatod rad 81 wa,ine trlD..
upon thc almost aolplos. colauis's 70
year. r" Mold tho NaIalang - II
sb~ He dtad in 1861 ana bis u att
spelled disaster to the eolCa.sts