r the mighty buffalo and the shaggy bear; my club felled them to
the ground, and I tore their skins from their backs. The fierce carcajou
had wound himself around the tree, ready to dart upon the hunter; but the
hunter's eyes were not closed, and the carcajou quivered on the point of
my spear. I heard the wolf howl as he looked at the moon, and the beams
that feel upon his upturned face shewed my tomahawk the spot it was to
enter. I marked where the panther had crouched, and, before he could
spring, my arrow went into his heart. Behold the spoil the Susquehannock
brings thee!

PRINCESS. Susquehannock, thou'rt a mighty hunter. Powhatan shall praise
thee for his daughter. But why returns not my brother with thee?

MIAMI. Nantaquas still finds pleasure in the hunt, but the soul of Miami
grew weary of being away from Werocomoco, for there dwelt the daughter of
Powhatan.

PRINCESS. Let us go to my father.

_Music. Exeunt PRINCESS and MIAMI into palace, followed by NIMA and
train; the others into their several cabins._

SCENE IV. _A Forest. SMITH enters, bewildered in its mazes. Music,
expressive of his situation._

SMITH. 'Tis all in vain! no clue to guide my steps. [_Music._
By this the explorers have return'd despairing,
And left their forward leader to his fate.
The rashness is well punish'd, that, alone,
Would brave the entangling mazes of these wilds.
The night comes on, and soon these gloomy woods
Will echo to the yell of savage beasts,
And savage men more merciless. Alas!
And am I, after all my golden dreams
Of laurel'd glory, doom'd in wilds to fall,
Ignobly and obscure, the prey of brutes? [_Music._
Fie on these coward thoughts! this trusty sword,
That made the Turk and Tartar crouch beneath me,
Will stead me well, e'en in this wilderness.
[_Music._
O glory! thou who led'st me fearless on,
Where death stalk'd grimly over slaughter'd heaps,
Or drank the drowning shrieks of shipwreck'd wretches,
Swell high the bosom of thy votary! [_Music. Exit SMITH._

_Music. A party of INDIANS enter, as following SMITH, and steal
cautiously after him. The Indian yell within. Music, hurried.
Re-enter SMITH, engaged with the INDIANS; several fall. Exeunt,
fighting, and enter from the opposite side the Prince NANTAQUAS, who
views with wonder the prowess of SMITH; when the music has ceased he
speaks._

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