d his port of meaning that heralded
events; and Atta-Kulla-Kulla, of whom all had heard, whose courage was
first of the brain and then of the hand, whose savage instincts were
disciplined by a sort of right judgment, an intelligence all independent
of education, or even of that superficial culture which comes of the
observation of those of a higher and trained intellect; and also
Willinawaugh, fierce, intractable, willing to treat for peace, to be
sure, but with a mental reservation as to how far it might serve his
purposes. Savanukah was of the delegation, doubtful, denying, with a
dozen devices of duplicity; he could not at times understand the English
he spoke fairly well, and the French, in which he could chaffer smartly
and drive a bargain, nor even the Cherokee, for which he kept a deaf ear
to hinder a settlement he deprecated with the hated English--invaluable
at a council was Savanukah! Of the number, too, was Tennessee Warrior,
who fought, and did nothing but fight, and was ready and willing to
fight again, and yet again, and to-morrow! He was always silent during
the conferences, studying with successive scowls the faces of the white
men. He knew nothing about numbers, and did not yearn to handle the
match, and make the big gun howl; he had but to paint his face, and whet
his scalp-knife, and load his firelock, and blaze away with as deadly an
aim as a pioneer's. What need had the Tennessee Warrior for diplomacy?
If there was to be any fighting the Tennessee Warrior would rejoice in
going along to partake. If there was to be only diplomacy, and diplomacy
were long continued with peace unbroken, then the white men and the red
men might be sure of one thing--of hearing the Tennessee Warrior snore!
He was an excellent selection to go to a council. Then there was Bloody
Fellow, Eskaqua, who had scant need of vermilion, so sure he was to
paint himself red in another way. And Tus-ka-sah, the Terrapin of
Chiletooch, and old Abram, Ooskuah, of Chilhowee, and Otassite, the
Man-Killer of Hiwassee, and old Tassel, Rayetaeh of Toquoe,--about
thirty-five in all,--went in a body to Charlestown to negotiate for
peace, and some of them signed. These chiefs who signed were Oconostota,
Atta-Kulla-Kulla, Otassite, Kitagusta, Oconnocca, and Killcannokea.

The day on which they set forth Captain Stuart and Captain Demere,
themselves in council in the great hall at Fort Loudon, heard the news
of the departure of the delegation on th