The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-08

Massasoit'.s Royal Robe, Cop
per Chain, Silver Pipe and
Belt of Seven Totems.
By the old Indian trail it is about
forty miles from Plymouth to the
old home of Massasoit at the Land
of Water" or ancient SoWans, OF
present Warren,R.I. Summer charms
are everywhere along the trail. A
green wilderness rises on the hills.
A green blanket covers the earth.
Rivers CLEAN like mirrors. Brooks
babble. Zephyrs softly whisper. Fish
ing eagles wheel and scream in the
clear blue sky. Sorgsters of the
winged tribes sweetly MARBLE. The
sea is calm and beautiful. 1t is a
July day in 1921. Following the trail
are the white pilgrims, Edward Wins
low and Stephen Hopkins, guided by
the Indian interpreter Squanto, 60
ing as ambassador of the Plymouth
colony and bearing presents to Mas
sasoit from Governor Bradford, to
discover Massasoit's country, Mas
sasoit's strength, procure seed corn
and renew the treaty made with
Massasoit at Plymouth few months
before.
They leave on the I'd and arrive
on the 4th of the month, and so
make thus early the Fourth of July
a historic day in the history of Our
country.
>Massasoit is at that moment away
from home. Runners are sent out
for him and he soon appears and is
much pleased to meet his friends.
The presents are Immediately given
him; they are a bright red coat of a
cavalier, with glitterine buttons. gold
lace and insignia, to suggest to him
respect for his dignity. and copper
chain, a beautiful piece of work, pos
sibly from the shops of Cornwall,
for an emblem of good will, friend
ship and strength.
When Massasoit Il arms Winslow
and Hopkins come as Governor
Bradford's messengers. he does not
know how to express his delight and
holds up the coat exclaiming, Nov
I see in what esteem the English
hold me-" and seems to think King
James has no more splendid royal
robe than his.
The coat is first presented. Then
Winslow addressed him as follows
King of the Wampanoags, / have
brought you another gift. 1t repre-
sents strength; it represents friend
ship; more, it represents the strength
of the friendship that you bear to
the English and that the English
bear to you. The Governor of Ply
mouth has sent you this chain. o.
King, May not hang it upon your
neck?"
Massasoit bows his head and
Winslow puts upon his neck the
copper chain. When the chief lifts
his head the copper chain shines in
the beams of the sun and great
company of Indians wildly shout
their joy at seeing their Sachem so
highly honored.
Winsiow, after the shouting, con.
tinued thus: "Chieftain of the Wam-
panoags, let us know your friends;
whenever you send messengers to
US, let them bring from you this
copper chain; we will forever honor
him who brings this chain, and we
will do all in our power to need his
message. Let the chain renew the
treaty we have made. and be
pledge of our friendship, the unity of
our hearts, as long as green leaves
shall come in the springtime, and
the corn harvests rustic in the winds
of the fall"
Massasoit gravely responded: so
long, O Winslow, shall our friendship
endure; as long as the green leaves
shall come in the springtime and
the harvests shall light the cornfield.
The Great Spirit shines upon us, and,
hear me, O we skies, We woods and
We waters. never yet shall there
come a day when the heart of Mas
sasoit will not be true 10 all the
words he has spoken.
Massasoit kept his vow. His wNrds
never returned. When he sat in the
great council the copper chain was
upon his neck and elistened in the
LIGHT of the council fire. When his
messengers went to Plymouth. they
bore the copper chain as their Gre
Dental.
When Massasoit sat in the Great
Council with the red coat upon his
back and the copper chain upon his
neck, he frequently smoked a shin
ing silver pipe with long. long stem.
long like a reed, sent him by King