Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 93
t door.) Dudley. (To Winthrop) We have brought thechief back with us, Your Excellency, as you directed,but he does not seem favorable to making a trade.However, we can but try. (Dudley and Wilson thenendeavor to conduct the trade, in dumb show, as fol-lows: Dudley beckons the chief over to the… … motions that the Indians may have the beads if theywill fill the barrel. The chief shakes his head. Bothmen urge him in vain for some time. Winthrop thentakes a red blanket from the chest, approaches thechief, and offers it in similar fashion. Finally, afterall three men have persisted in their…
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