Holgrave opened it, and displayed an ancient deed, signed with the hieroglyphics of several Indian sagamores, and conveying to Colonel Pyncheon and his heirs, forever, a vast extent of territory at the Eastward.

霍尔格雷夫打开它，展示了一份古老的契据，上面签有几个印度 sagamores 的象形文字，并向 Pyncheon 上校和他的继承人永传达了东的广阔领土。

He was lodged in the prison, not as suspected of any offence, but as the most convenient and suitable mode of disposing of him, until the magistrates should have conferred with the Indian sagamores respecting his ransom.

他被关进监狱， 并不是因为怀疑他有任何罪行，而是作为最便、最合适的处置，到地法官与印第安长官就他的赎金问题进行协商。