, with more surprise than he had yet manifested; and
for once, leaving his broken English, he cried in his own tongue,
"Ahoaleu Virginia." (He loves Virginia Temple.)

"And do you?" said Bernard, guessing at his meaning, and marking with
surprise the more than ordinary feeling with which Manteo had uttered
these words.

"See dere," replied Manteo, holding up an arrow, which he had already
taken from his quiver, as if with the intention of fixing it to his
bow-string. "De white crenepo,[23] de maiden, blunt Manteo's arrow when
it would fly to her father's heart." At the same time he pointed towards
the road along which the carriage had lately passed.

"By the holy Virgin," muttered Bernard, "methinks the whole colony,
Indians, negroes, and all, are going stark mad after this girl. And so
you hate Hansford, then?" he said aloud.

"No, I can't hate what she loves," replied Manteo, feelingly.

"Why did you aid in attacking her father's house then, yesterday?"

"Long-knives strike only when dey hate; Pamunkey fight from duty. If
Manteo drop de tomahawk because he love, he is squaw, not a brave."

"But this Hansford," said Bernard, "is in arms against your people, whom
the government would protect."

"Ugh!" grunted the young warrior. "Pamunkey want not long-knives'
protect. De grand werowance of long-knives has cut down de peace tree
and broke de pipe, and de tomahawk is now dug up. De grand werowance
protect red man like eagle protect young hare."

"Nay, but we would be friends with the Indians," urged Bernard. "We
would share this great country with them, and Berkeley would be the
great father of the Pamunkeys."

The Indian looked with ineffable disdain on his companion, and then
turning towards the river, he pointed to a large fish-hawk, who, with a
rapid swoop, had caught in his talons a fish that had just bubbled above
the water for breath, and borne him far away in the air.

"See dere," said Manteo; "water belong to fish--hawk is fish's friend."

Bernard saw that he had entirely mistaken the character of his
companion. The vengeance of the Indians being once aroused, they failed
to discriminate between the authors of the injuries which they had
received, and those who sought to protect them; and they attributed to
the great werowance of the long-knives (for so they styled the Governor
of Virginia) all the blame of the attack and slaughter of the
unoffending Susquehannahs. But the wily Bernard was not cast d