Or Chepian[1] was their god, and had inclined
Them to indulge a fell and cruel mind.
[1] The name of the Indian devil.
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Then pity blended with his wonder grew;
Here was a victim of that Evil One,
Who from him and his angry servants flew
To seek a shelter in the forest lone.
“Brother,” he said, “thy brother much doth rue
(Hearing thy tales,) that thou art forced to shun