. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . hlittle resulting advantage. Thepeninsula of Cape Cod he foundthickly studded with the wigwamsof a warlike race, who inflictedsome injury upon a part of thecompany that, contrary to orders,landed J two being killed, and the others flying to the boat, brist-ling with arrows as a porcupine with quills. The savages were re-pulsed by a charge of Champlain with nine men, and the dead bu-ried with proper solemnities. During the interment, they could seethe Indians upon a neighboring hill, dancing with glee and mock-ing them by unseemly gestures; and as s
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . hlittle resulting advantage. Thepeninsula of Cape Cod he foundthickly studded with the wigwamsof a warlike race, who inflictedsome injury upon a part of thecompany that, contrary to orders,landed J two being killed, and the others flying to the boat, brist-ling with arrows as a porcupine with quills. The savages were re-pulsed by a charge of Champlain with nine men, and the dead bu-ried with proper solemnities. During the interment, they could seethe Indians upon a neighboring hill, dancing with glee and mock-ing them by unseemly gestures; and as soon as the graves in thewilderness were left unguarded, the bodies were exhumed andburned, the clothes being shared among the natives. Disgusted by the reception no less than by the character of thecountry itself, Champlain and his men returned to Port Eoyal,where the winter, less severe than those alreadj^ experienced,was spent. At dinner, the aged chief Memberton Avas a dailyguest at the table of the principal persons, and warriors, squaws. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLArN. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN. 51 and children sat on the floor or crouched in the corners, await-ing eagerly and humbly a portion of bread or biscuit. Treatedalways with kindness, they became very fond of the French, act-ing as guides and instructors when the Europeans would huntthose animals peculiar to America. The colonists had been wellfed throughout the winter, such was the abundance of game; andas spring opened, and the grain planted in the fall began to grow,new life seemed infused into their efforts. But their prosperityreceived a sudden blow, in the kings withdrawal of the monopo-ly of the fur trade, and, to the grief of the aged Memberton, theyreturned to France in the fall of 1607. When the last boat-loadleft Port Boyal, the shore resounded with lamentations; andnothing could console the afflicted savages but oft repeated prom-ises of a speedy return. Three years later, a second colony was established in the sameplac
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