Even his enemies admired him. The English compared him to some old
Roman.

He was not killed here. Forty-three of his people, men and women, had
been taken by the troops and scouts; a number of these were given over
to death by the scout Indians. But Canonchet was borne in triumph to
Stonington, Connecticut.

In order to reward the friendly Indians, the Pequots were permitted to
shoot him, the Mohegans to behead and to quarter him, the Niantics to
burn him. As a return favor, the Indians presented the head of
Canonchet, or Nanuntenoo, to the English council at Hartford,
Connecticut.

In the above fashion perished, without a plea, "in the prime of his
manhood," Canonchet of the Big Heart, last Grand Sachem of the
Narragansetts. Presently only the name of his nation remained.

CHAPTER VI

THE BLOODY BELT OF PONTIAC (1760-1763)

WHEN IT PASSED AMONG THE RED NATIONS

Soon after the Mohawks broke the peace with the French and Algonkins in
Canada, and in 1647 killed Piskaret the champion, they and the others
of the Five Nations drove the Hurons and Algonkins into flight.

The Hurons, styled in English Wyandots, fled clear into Michigan and
spread down into northern Ohio.

Of the Algonkins there were three nations who clung together as the
Council of the Three Fires. These were the Ottawas, the Ojibwas and
the Potawatomis.

The Ottawas were known as the "Trade People" and the "Raised Hairs."
They had claimed the River Ottawa, in which was the Allumette Island
upon which Piskaret and the Adirondacks had lived.

The Ojibways were known as the "Puckered Moccasin People," from the
words meaning "to roast till puckered up." Their tanned moccasins had
a heavy puckered seam. The name Ojibwa, rapidly pronounced, became in
English "Chippeway." As Chippeways and Chippewas have they remained.

The Potawatomis, whose name is spelled also Pottawattamis, were known
as the "Nation of Fire." They had lived the farthest westward of all,
until the Sioux met them and forced them back.

The Ottawas were recorded by the early French as rude and barbarous.
The Chippewas, or Ojibwas, were recorded as skillful hunters and brave
warriors. The Potawatomis were recorded as the most friendly and
kind-hearted among the northern Indians.

Of these people many still exist, in Canada and the United States.

When England, aided by her American colonies, began to oppose France in
the New World in 1755, the Three Fires help