I thought think of the terms we now kept with these heathen ; of how they came and went familiarly amongst us , spying out our weakness , and losing the salutary awe which that noblest captain had struck strike into their souls ; of how many were employed as hunters to bring down deer for lazy masters ; of how , breaking break the law , and that not secretly , we gave give them knives and arms , a soldier 's bread , in exchange exchange for pelts and pearls ; of how their emperor was forever sending us smooth messages ; of how their lips smiled and their eyes frowned .