But never in his hand should lightning gleam
For either Sachem when he rushed to war;
And with the Yengees still might it beseem
Him to promote an understanding fair,
Till wide the tree of peace its branches spread,
And white and red men smoked beneath its shade.
VI.
But chiefly did he this free converse hold
With M’antonomi, Sachem young and brave,
And great Canonicus, sagacious, old