Ottawa must come again."

A deep but subdued expression of disappointment passed
over the features of the chiefs. They watched the
countenances of the officers, to see whether the
substitution of one pipe for the other had been attributed,
in their estimation, to accident or design. There was
nothing, however, to indicate the slightest doubt of
their sincerity.

"My father is right," replied the Indian, with an appearance
of embarrassment, which, whether natural or feigned, had
nothing suspicious in it. "The great chief of the Ottawas
has been foolish, like an old woman. The young chiefs of
his tribe will laugh at him for this. But the Ottawa
chief will come again, and the other chiefs with him,
for, as my father sees, they all wish for peace; and that
my father may know all the nations wish for peace, as
well as their head men, the warriors of the Ottawa, and
of the Shawanee, and of the Delaware, shall play at ball
upon the common, to amuse his young men, while the chiefs
sit in council with the chiefs of the Saganaw. The red
skins shall come naked, and without their rifles and
their tomahawks; and even the squaws of the warriors
shall come upon the common, to show the Saganaw they may
be without fear. Does my father hear?"

"The Ottawa chief says well," returned the governor; "but
will the pale friend of the Ottawa come also to take his
seat in the council hall? The great chief has said the