. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . uggestion of thegovernor. Captain Standish went to visit the Indians, to careful-ly scrutinize their conduct, and adopt such measures as hemight think best. He was further instructed to bring back withhim the head of the braggart Wattawamat. Proceeding to Weymouth, Captain Standish gave the poorwretches there the invitation of the governor and people of Ply-mouth to their home. While the Puritan soldiers were in thissettlement, the Indians sent thither a spy, ostensibly to sell with the report that, although treated with the usualkin
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . uggestion of thegovernor. Captain Standish went to visit the Indians, to careful-ly scrutinize their conduct, and adopt such measures as hemight think best. He was further instructed to bring back withhim the head of the braggart Wattawamat. Proceeding to Weymouth, Captain Standish gave the poorwretches there the invitation of the governor and people of Ply-mouth to their home. While the Puritan soldiers were in thissettlement, the Indians sent thither a spy, ostensibly to sell with the report that, although treated with the usualkindness, he saw, by his eyes, that the captain was angry in hisheart, the savages were only excited to insolence. Pecksnot andWattawamat came swaggering into the village, with a mob ofIndians at their heels. Tell your captain, said Pecksnot, that we know he hascome to kill us, but we do not fear him. Let him try it as soonas he dares j we are ready for him as soon as he is ready for us. Pecksnot, Wattawamat and his brother, and another Indian,. 134 CAPTAIN MILES STANDISH. came to where Captain Standish and four of his soldiers at first to wish to trad© furs for blankets and mus-kets, they threw oif this mask whtn they saw that it did not de-ceive the captain, and began to use the most insulting language. He eat, said Pecksnot, brandishing his weapon; * he notalk, but he eat little man all up. Little man better go live withsquaws. Pecksnot big man. The chief was gigantic in size, while the captain of Plymouthsstature was as short as his patience with the Indians. Aroundthem were seen the savages, stealing from bush to bush. Thecaptain never once lost his calmness or self-possession, but at asignal that his men well understood, he leaped upon the duskygiant, wrenched the weapon from his hand, and laid open hisskull. Wattawamat and the other Indian were killed, and thebrother of the former was afterward hanged. Dismayed at theresult of this fierce struggle, the Indi
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