He did not need to ask who dealt thus summarily with him; he knew that only his brother Manasseh was capable of such a feat of strength.
"What are you thinking of ?" cried Manasseh, in a voice that all could hear.

"Have I not made peace with our neighbours and sworn in the name of the one living God to maintain it, and would you put me to shame ?" "Have they not murdered our brother Jonathan ?" demanded Aaron.
"No; our brother fell in battle like a brave soldier, with his sword in his hand.

And others of our land are fighting now for their country and will die for her.

We shall mourn them and honour their memory, but we are not wild Indians to exact a bloody vengeance for those fallen on the battle-field." "Very well, brother Manasseh, but you need not charge us with being wild Indians.

I do not ask that we should fall upon our neighbours and burn their houses over their heads, but that we should be on our guard and defend ourselves and our families the best we know how.