20 SIOUAN TRIBES OF THE EAfeT. [' 



BUREAU OF 

 ETHNOLOGY 



arrows all the time, that their assailauts evidently thought the English 

 had a whole party of the Powhatan assisting them, and after a short skir- 

 mish vanished as suddenly as they had appeared. Pursuing them a 

 short distance, the whites came upon a savage lying wounded on the 

 ground and apparently dead. On ]»icking him u]), however, they found 

 that he was still alive, and had great work to i^revent their Indian 

 guide from beating out his brains. The prisoner was taken to the boat, 

 where his wound was dressed and he was given something to eat, when 

 he became somewhat more cheerful. The English then began to ques- 

 tion him through their Powhatan interpreter and learned that his name 

 was Ainoroleck ami that he was the brother of the chief of the Hasin- 

 iiiiiga, who, with a large hunting party made up from several tribes of 

 the confederacy, was camped at Mahaskahod, a hunting camp or head- 

 quarters not far off, on the border line between the Manahoac and 

 their enemies the Powhatan. When asked why they had attacked 

 the whites, who came to them in peace to seek their love, he replied 

 that "they heard we were a people come from vuder the world, to take 

 their world from them " — not altogether a bad guess for an Indian. 

 "We asked him how many worlds he did know, he replyed, he knew 

 no more but that which was vnder the skie that covered him, which 

 were the Powhatans, with the Mouacans and the Massawomeks, that 

 were higher vp in the mountains. Then we asked him wlmt was beyond 

 the mountains, he answered the Sunne: but of any thing els he knew 

 nothing; because the woods were not burnt." He further told them 

 that the Monacan were their neighbors and friends, and dwelt like 

 themselves in the hill country along the small streams, living partly on 

 roots and fruits, but chiefly by hunting. 



That night as they sailed down the river they were again attacked 

 in the darkness by the Manahoac, who evidently believed that the 

 whites had killed the brother of their chief. The English could hear 

 their arrows dropping on every side of the boat, while the Indians on 

 shore kept up a (jontinual shouting and yelling. As it was impossible 

 to take aim in the darkness, the whites had to content themselves with 

 firing in the direction from which the most noise seemed to come. The 

 Indians kept up the pursuit, however, until daylight, when the English, 

 having come to a broad bay in the river, i)ulled the boat out of reach of 

 the arrows and coolly proceeded to eat their breakfast. This done, they 

 got their arnis in order and then had their prisoner to open communi- 

 cation with his countrymen standing on the bank. The Indian gave 

 the savages a glowing account of how the strangers had i)reserved his 

 life, how well they had used him, how they wished to be friends, and 

 how it was impossible to do them any harm. His speech had a very 

 gratifying effect upon the Manahoac, who hung their bows and quiv- 

 ers upon the trees, while one came swimming out to the boat with a 

 bow tied upon his head, and another with a quiver of arrows carried 

 ill the same way. These they delivered to Smith, it being evidently 

 their ceremonial form of making peace. Smith received the envoys 



