62 Inasmuch 



samoset &quot;It was on Friday, that Samoset suddenly 



March i6th, appeared at Plymouth, and,&quot; says Mount, &quot;He 

 very boldly came all alone, and along the houses, 

 straight to the rendezvous, where we intercepted 

 him, not suffering him to go in, as undoubtedly 

 he would, out of his boldness.&quot; &quot;He had, say 

 they, learned some broken English amongst the 

 Englishmen that came to fish at Monhiggon, and 

 knew by name most of the captains, commanders, 

 and masters.&quot; &quot;He discoursed of the whole 

 country and of every province, and of their 

 sagamores, and their number of men and 

 strength.&quot; &quot;He had a bow and two arrows, the 

 one headed, and the other unheaded. He was a 

 tall straight man,, the hair of his head black, long 

 behind only short before; none on his face at all. 

 He asked some beer, but we gave him strong 

 water, and biscuit, and butter, and cheese and 

 pudding, and a piece of mallard, all of which he 

 liked well.&quot; 



Count Num- Count number three, O Pilgrim Father, &quot;you 

 gave him strong waters.&quot; By so doing you 

 robbed him of his health and wealth, his women 

 of their honour, and his children of their inherit 

 ance. There was more caustic humour than 

 savage simplicity in the verdict of the first, 

 recorded, Indian Jury. Summoned to consider 

 the case of an Indian found frozen to death 

 they reported. &quot;Death from the freezing of a great 

 quantity of water inside of him, which they were 

 of opinion he had drunken for rum.&quot; 



Captain John Smith, let us hear what he has 



