with those of the Saganaw who first entered the country
of the Detroit;--ask that chief if what the Ottawa says
is not true. When the Saganaw said he came only to remove
the warriors of the pale flag, that he might be friendly
and trade with the red skins, the Ottawa received the
belt of wampum he offered, and smoked the pipe of peace
with him, and he made his men bring bags of parched corn
to his warriors who wanted food, and he sent to all the
nations on the lakes, and said to them, 'The Saganaw must
pass unhurt to the strong hold on the Detroit.' But for
the Ottawa, not a Saganaw would have escaped; for the
nations were thirsting for their blood, and the knives
of the warriors were eager to open their scalps. Ask the
chief who sits at the right hand of my father," he again
energetically repeated, "if what the Ottawa says is not
true."

"What the Ottawa says is true," rejoined the governor;
"for the chief who sits on my right hand has often said
that, but for the Ottawa, the small number of the warriors
of the Saganaw must have been cut off; and his heart is
big with kindness to the Ottawa for what he did. But if
the great chief meant to be friendly, why did he declare
war after smoking the pipe of peace with the Saganaw?
Why did he destroy the wigwams of the settlers, and carry
off the scalps even of their weak women and children?
All this has the Ottawa done; and yet he says that he
wished to be friendly with my young men. But the Saganaw
is not a fool. He knows the Ottawa chief had no will of
his own. On the right hand of the Ottawa sits the great