He bowed and smiled at them, and shook hands with half a dozen of them in succession.

The hand-shaking was a new thing to them, but they accepted it in a proper spirit, and renewed their bows and prostrations.

After this they all offered us their lances.
This certainly seemed like an act of peace and good-will.

I shook my head and declined to touch them; but Agnew accepted one of them, and offered his rifle in return.

The one to whom he offered it refused to take it.