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，展示了一份古老契据，上面签有几个印度 sagamores 象形文字，并向 Pyncheon 上校和承人永传达了广阔领土。

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.

被关进监狱， 并不是因为怀疑有任何罪行，而是作为最便、最合适处置式，直到地法官与印第安长官就赎金问题进行协商。