“The stranger will to Narraganset go!”

“A hungry wolf shall in his path be found!”

Rejoined stern Corbitant, whose eyes did glow

With kindling wrath;—then from his belt unbound

His hatchet and beneath his blanket hid;—

Warrior to warrior glanced, as this he did.

XXV.

Again Haup’s Sachem broke the fearful pause:

“Brother, be wise; I gave thy brethren lands;