. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . e feathers, of which we had heard, 28 RUTH OF BOSTON encircling his head and ending in a long train skin was brown, or, perhaps, more the color ofdulled copper. He wore a mantle of fur, with the skin tanned soft as cloth,and that which father saidwas deer hide cunninglytreated until it was like toflannel, had been fashionedinto a garment which an-swered in the stead of adoublet. I cannot describe hisappearance better than bysaying it would not havesurprised me, had I beentold that one of our own peo-ple had painted and dres
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . e feathers, of which we had heard, 28 RUTH OF BOSTON encircling his head and ending in a long train skin was brown, or, perhaps, more the color ofdulled copper. He wore a mantle of fur, with the skin tanned soft as cloth,and that which father saidwas deer hide cunninglytreated until it was like toflannel, had been fashionedinto a garment which an-swered in the stead of adoublet. I cannot describe hisappearance better than bysaying it would not havesurprised me, had I beentold that one of our own peo-ple had painted and dressedhimself in this fanciful fash-ion to take part in somerevel, for truly, save in regard to the color of his skin,he was not unlike the gentlemen who were on the Susan and I learned later, he was the king, orchief man, among those Indians who called themselvesAgawams. Father said he was the sagamore, which,as I understand it, means that he was at the head ofhis people, and his name was Masconomo. A very kindly savage was he, and in no wise blood-. AN INDIAN GUEST AND OTHER VISITORS 29 thirsty looking as I had expected. He was a friend ofMaster Endicott as well as of all those who lived withhim in this town of Salem, and had come to welcomeour people to the new world, which, as it seemed toboth Susan and me, was very thoughtful in one whowas nothing less than a heathen. The Indian sagamore stayed on board the ship all day,and our company, together with the people of Salem,were as careful to make him welcome as if he had beenKing James himself. The reason for this, as father afterward explainedto me, was because of its being of great importancethat we make friends with the savages, else the timemight come when they would set about taking ourLives, being in far greater numbers than the whitemen. Neither Susan nor I could believe that there wasany danger that these people with brown skins wouldever want to do us harm. Surely they must be pleased,we thought, at knowing we w
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