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IN the centre of the a the whiteupon the bark walls,--all the usual furniture of an Indian dwelling,--and showing also Nantauquas standing against the stripped trunk of a pine that pierced the aid, at his full height, with folded arh, and his features were so blank and still, so forced and frozen, as it were, into co upon hi above his head, he had the look of a warrior tied to the stake

"Nantauquas!" I exclai past the fire would have touched hiht and authoritative motion of the hand he kept e in his position or in the dead calm of his face

The Indian maid had dropped the mat at the entrance, and if she waited, waited without in the darkness Diccon, now staring at the young chief, now eyeing the weapons upon the ith all a lover's passion, kept near the doorway Through the thickness of the bark and woven twigs the wild cries and singing came to us somewhat faintly; beneath that distant noise could be heard the wind in the trees and the soft fall of the burning pine

"Well!" I asked at last "What is the matter, my friend?"

For a full minute he made no answer, and when he did speak his voiceto show ers ere not content with their own hunting grounds beyond the great salt water When I have done this, I do not know that Captain Percy will call ain"

"You ont to speak plainly, Nantauquas," I answered hih he found speech difficult I stared at hied in so short a time

He spoke at last: "When the dance is over, and the fires are low, and the sunrise is at hand, then will Opechancanough coive you the pearls that he wears about his neck for a present to the Governor, and a bracelet for yourself Also he will give you three es of love to send the white men, and he would send them by you ere his enemy and his captive So all the white men shall believe in his love"