. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. TRADING WITH THE INDIANS. THE INDIANS AND THE EARLY COLONISTS 195 We are the best of friends, said the Puritan, on tne way tochurch, musket in hand. The very best, said the Indian, hiding his bow and arrowunder his blanket. We will always deal fairly with the Indian, said all thewhite men, stealingthe Indians land,without offeringany equivalent. es. fairly said the chiefs,Bmoking the pipe ofpeace, while hiswarriors were put-ting on the warpaint. We desireonly the highestgood for the poor savage, said the. white man, sellingthem w
. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. TRADING WITH THE INDIANS. THE INDIANS AND THE EARLY COLONISTS 195 We are the best of friends, said the Puritan, on tne way tochurch, musket in hand. The very best, said the Indian, hiding his bow and arrowunder his blanket. We will always deal fairly with the Indian, said all thewhite men, stealingthe Indians land,without offeringany equivalent. es. fairly said the chiefs,Bmoking the pipe ofpeace, while hiswarriors were put-ting on the warpaint. We desireonly the highestgood for the poor savage, said the. white man, sellingthem whiskey andrum. The very high-est, said the Indi-ans, ending thewhite mans troub-les with the toma-hawk. So it went,and what morecould be expected ?Who could teach of peace atthe cannon mouth? The Englishman called the Indian treacherous but I doubt if hewas more so than he took the white man to be. Who likes to take a dare ? And that was just what the musketsof the white man seemed to the warlike Indian. IGHTING THE INDIANS. 196 STORIES OF THE THREE AMERICAS. So from day to day the hatred between the Indian and thewhite man grew. The EngHsh built all their houses together in avillage around which a wall was made. The farms lay outside thevillage and the farmers went to and from their work musket in Sunday each man carried his musket to church and they wereall stacked in the meeting house door where a sentinel stood to givethe alarm, should any Indians approach. Many horrible wars occurred between the Englishmen and theIndians, but I cannot re
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