"Winnemeg brought no such word." So furious were the many dark, glowering faces, that I braced myself, thinking the next moment would be one of struggle for life or death; but Gomo held them motionless with a wave of his hand.

He rose slowly to his feet, and faced us with grave dignity.
"It is true, as Peesotum says," he said impressively.

"The White Chief has used a double tongue to the Red man; yet we will deal fairly with him, for he has come to us in peace.

White Chief, there is to be war between us; 't is the will of our young men, and the red wampum has passed among our lodges and the lodges of our brothers the Wyandots.
Yet when you unlock the gates we will go forth with you and your people, around the sweep of the water.

Such is the will of the Great Spirit, and the decision of the Pottawattomie in council of chiefs." Heald looked about upon the scowling circle with disbelief so clearly expressed in his eyes, that Gomo, reading it, turned to his warriors and called upon them one by one to say if he spoke the truth.