1. a mission which begun by a tribal chief in the reign of King��������������
2. George II. In London�s Southwark Cathedral she attended a��������������
3. Mohegan funeral blessing and received from a native American�������
4. peace pipe and, more significantly, a antique copy of the����������������
5. petition Mahomet Weyonomon had tried, but failed, to hand out������
6. personally to the king in 1736. The Mohegans had lost it their���������
7. lands to the English settlers, and Mahomet left Connecticut to��������
8. plead for royal and help in protecting his hunting grounds.���������������
9. But he died on the way. The small red stone pipe was��������������������
10. presented to the Queen was decorated with a 300-year-old�����������
11. eagle feathers were taken from Mahomet�s headdress. She����������
12. was free, said chief Two Dogs later, to use the pipe as she�����������
13. wished. �It�s her pipe. She could have smoke it in a ceremony,������
14. he suggested, is conjuring up an unlikely image. �When you���������
15. will smoke it, as the smoke goes through your lungs, you��������������
16. look out to the sky and say your prayers to your creators.��������������
The Daily Telegraph, 23 November, 2006
