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102 A History of Sweden
He reminded them of the days of Engelbert and the
two Stures, exhorted them to take up arms again, and
offered with God’s help to lead them against the foe.
But the peasants were tired of the constant fighting,
and Gustavus they hardly knew. They had not heard
that Christian was harsh against any classes, except
the proud lords. His last hope now vanished. He had
risked his life in vain. Nothing now remained for him,
but to save himself. Up toward the bleak northwest
he now pursued his lonely way on skis. More somber
became the forests, more savage the mountains, more
gloomy became the mind of Gustavus. Before him lay
the high Norwegian fjeld, which was to separate him
forever from a lost fatherland.
His Recall to Mora. Shortly after his departure from
Mora, some men of note arrived there as fugitives.
Their report of Christian’s bloody proceedings brought
tears to the eyes of the hearers. They were now in-
formed that Christian intended to visit them too on his
bloody royal progress, that he had ordered the peas-
ants to surrender their arms, and that he had levied
a heavy tax on the land. Then muttered many a Mora
man, "God grant that we may not have to repent that
we turned a deaf ear to Gustavus Ericsson." On the
advice of the fugitives the peasants sent some of their
best ski-runners to entreat Gustavus to return. Day
and night they followed his track and reached him
near the Norwegian border. With joy he returned with
them to Mora. Thither assembled the foremost men
from east and west and chose Gustavus Ericsson Vasa
as commander of the Dalecarlians, in January, 1521.
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