His nervous hand lowered the belt; but he recovered himself immediately and presented it in the ordinary way.

Gladwyn replied to his speech sternly, but kindly, saying that he would have the protection and friendship of the British so long as he merited it.

A few presents were then distributed among the Indians, and the council ended.

The chiefs, with their blankets still tightly wrapped about them, filed out of the council-room and scattered to their villages, followed by the disappointed rabble of fully three hundred Indians, who had assembled in the fort.
On the morrow, Pontiac, accompanied by three chiefs, again appeared at the fort, bringing with him a pipe of peace.

When this had been smoked by the officers and chiefs, he presented it to Captain Campbell, as a further mark of friendship.