hostium, quī circum ignes saltābant: sīc enim Indī sē ad caedem incitāre solēbant.
Māne ad castellum cum comitibus circiter sexāgintā vēnit Pontiac, conciliumque postulāvit. Haud magno intervāllō sequēbātur reliqua multitūdō Indōrum, quī simulābant sē extrā mūnītiōnēs pilā lūsūrōs.
Portīs castellī patefactīs, Pontiac, qul nihil suspicābātur, ūnā cum comitibus, quī omnēs arma vestimentīs tēcta ferēbant, sine morā intrāvit; deinde autem vehementer permōtus mīlitēs omnēs et complūrēs negōtiātōrēs cum armīs circumstāre animadvertit. Postquam vērō ad prīncipia dēductus est ac vīdit duōs trēsve tantum adesse centuriōnēs, audācter cum lēgātō loquī coepit.
Priusquam ad castellum perventum est, comitēs rex monuerat sē, cum pauca prius dē pāce locūtus esset, lēgātō zōnam datūrum; quō sīgnō impetum statim in lēgātum centuriōnēsque faciendum esse, cum interim Indī cēterī, quī extrā mūnitiōnēs relictī erant, per portās inrumperent praesidiumque adorīrentur.
2.
caedem:
(the business of)
murdering. 4.
"at" 6.
intervallo
translate the abl.
(strictly, abl.
of manner).
pila: (at) ball; abl.
(pila,-ae, F.).
qul omnes: all of whom. but vestimentis: abl. of means
translate "under."
10
cum armis:
his
followers.
prlncipia
cipia, -orum, N.,
of means
lusuros: sc. esse.
8.
armed.
n. circumstare: i.e. in such a way as to encircle Pontiac and
pauca:
15cf.
multa, p.
zSnam
16.
daturum:
5,
1.
(fully}
9.
zona, -ae, F.,
would
slgno abl. of time late "at."
i.e.
17.
ceteri:
prln-
headquarters. note the gender;
i.e.
belt.
offer.
quo
when;
trans-
reliqul.
