d fail in my duty. I have done enough for you by
bearing you next to my heart, and by suckling you with my breasts.
You that are descended of his blood and fed by my milk, ought you to
shed tears? Rejoice rather that you are _Suns_ and warriors; you are
bound to give examples of firmness and valor to the whole nation:
go, my children, I have provided for all your wants, by procuring
you friends; my friends and those of your father are yours too;
I leave you amidst them; they are the French; they are
tender-hearted and generous; make yourselves worthy of their esteem
by not degenerating from your race; always act openly with them and
never implore them with meanness.

"And you, Frenchmen," added she, turning herself towards our
officers, "I recommend my orphan children to you; they will know no
other fathers than you; you ought to protect them."

After that she got up; and, followed by her troop, returned to her
husband's hut with a surprising firmness.

A noble woman came to join herself to the number of victims of her
own accord, being engaged by the friendship she bore the _Stung
Serpent_ to follow him into the other world. The Europeans called
her the _haughty_ lady, on account of her majestic deportment and
her proud air, and because she only frequented the company of the
most distinguished Frenchmen. They regretted her much, because she
had the knowledge of several simples with which she had saved the
lives of many of our sick. This moving sight filled our people with
grief and horror. The favorite wife of the deceased rose up and
spoke to them with a smiling countenance: "I die without fear;" said
she, "grief does not embitter my last hours. I recommend my children
to you; whenever you see them, noble Frenchmen, remember that you
have loved their father, and that he was till death a true and
sincere friend of your nation, whom he loved more than himself. The
disposer of life has been pleased to call him, and I shall soon go
and join him; I shall tell him that I have seen your hearts moved at
the sight of his corps; do not be grieved; we shall be longer
friends in the _country of the spirits_ than here, because we do not
die there again."[91*]

These words forced tears from the eyes of all the French; they were
obliged to do all they could to prevent the Great Sun from killing
himself, for he was inconsolable at the death of his brother,