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;