. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . hat he and all his peoplewould treat us as brothers. He wound up by givingto our William a grand belt of wampum, which musthave been of much value in their eyes. THE GRATITUDE OF THE INDIANS Then a great feast of bread smeared with molasses,pickled beef, roasted pumpkins, nookick, hominy,and a dozen other dishes, all of which had been madeby our mothers, was set before the savages, and thegovernor and chief men of Philadelphia, after eatinga little to show their good will, went back to thetavern, for by this time it was fully built and had
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . hat he and all his peoplewould treat us as brothers. He wound up by givingto our William a grand belt of wampum, which musthave been of much value in their eyes. THE GRATITUDE OF THE INDIANS Then a great feast of bread smeared with molasses,pickled beef, roasted pumpkins, nookick, hominy,and a dozen other dishes, all of which had been madeby our mothers, was set before the savages, and thegovernor and chief men of Philadelphia, after eatinga little to show their good will, went back to thetavern, for by this time it was fully built and had beengiven the name of Blue Anchor. It is in my mind that the Indians were well pleasedwhen our fathers left them, for each one was eager THE GRATITUDE OF THE INDIANS 103 to handle the price of the land, but did not want toshow his eagerness while the white men were nearbyto see him. As for the lads, they cared not one whit, and whenthe governor and his following had disappeared, theyfell upon the goods like crows upon a newly planted • •••-1. cornfield. Each chose what he most wanted, and itwas left to the chief, an old fellow who was wrappedin two or three blankets, to say how the stuff might bedivided. The squaws didnt dare make too great a show ofthemselves; but now and then you would see oneedge up to a,.package of paint, or a paper of beads,as if tempted to take possession boldly without asking IO4 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA leave. The children looked on the treasures froma distance, knowing only too well what would bethe result if they dared lay hands on the poorestarticle. Jethro and I had great sport watching the brownpeople,—and at the same time I must confess thatit would have pleased us right well to have some of the goods for ourown,—until thesun had set,\vhen the sav-ages, each man staggering un-der a burden,went to theirvillages, leav-ing us lads toattend to ourchores for thenight. It was wellthat the Indianscarried theirgoods away early, for otherwise Je
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