“Brother, I thank thee—thou art kind indeed,”
Our Founder said—“and with thee I will go;
Would that my brethren of the Christian creed
Did half thy charity and goodness know!
Waban, thou wilt thy brother’s purpose speed,
And all the boundaries of those countries show
Which lie adjoining Narraganset’s bay,
And name the chiefs, and count the tribes they sway.”
LXXIV.
“Waban can do it”—was the quick reply,