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Chapter 27
Throwingoff,therefore,theappearanceofconsultation,heassumedthegraveairofauthoritynecessarytosupportthedignityofhisoffice.
Runnersweredespatchedforintelligenceindifferentdirections;spieswereorderedtoapproachandfeeltheencampmentoftheDelawares;thewarriorsweredismissedtotheirlodges,withanintimationthattheirserviceswouldsoonbeneeded;andthewomenandchildrenwereorderedtoretire,withawarningthatitwastheirprovincetobesilent.Whentheseseveralarrangementsweremade,Maguapassedthroughthevillage,stoppinghereandtheretopayavisitwherehethoughthispresencemightbeflatteringtotheindividual.Heconfirmedhisfriendsintheirconfidence,fixedthewavering,andgratifiedall.Thenhesoughthisownlodge.ThewifetheHuronchiefhadabandoned,whenhewaschasedfromamonghispeople,wasdead.Childrenhehadnone;andhenowoccupiedahut,withoutcompanionofanysort.Itwas,infact,thedilapidatedandsolitarystructureinwhichDavidhadbeendiscovered,andwhomhehadtoleratedinhispresence,onthosefewoccasionswhentheymet,withthecontemptuousindifferenceofahaughtysuperiority.
Hither,then,Maguaretired,whenhislaborsofpolicywereended.Whileothersslept,however,heneitherknewnorsoughtrepose.
