Made by those strangers from the nations pale

To these broad forests as their own domain—

These will I ask Awanux to explain.

LVI.

“This fragment tells me that his numbers grow,

That they are spreading fast, from glade to glade;

If the Great Spirit does increase bestow,

Will the wise Sachem that great Power upbraid?

The lands they take, well does my brother know,

They fairly purchase of the nations red;