Their village is as still as this beast at my feet." He pointed downward to a tame panther crouched against his moccasins.

I thought it an ominous comparison.
Involuntarily we looked at Nantauquas.

"It is true," he said.

"I am but come from the village of the Paspaheghs.

I took them the word of Opechancanough." "Then, since the matter is settled, we may go home," I remarked, rising as I spoke.