At this, the Sachem from his girdle took
His snow-white pipe, and snapt the stem in twain:
“They came intruders, and the pipe was broke,”
Said the stern Sachem, and it snapt again;
“Our subject chiefs their ruling chiefs forsook,
And they were sheltered by the stranger’s train.
This fragment shows the serpent’s skin they sent,
Filled with round thunders to our royal tent.