Lifting a firearm during combat is one thing, but lifting a literal poisoned chalice during peace talks is another, grotesque betrayal entirely. And yet, perhaps the unnamed English troops of 1623 felt justified. Smithsonian Magazine says that Pamunkey …Lifting a firearm during combat is one thing, but lifting a literal poisoned chalice during peace talks is another, grotesque betrayal entirely. And yet, perhaps the unnamed English troops of 1623 felt justified. Smithsonian Magazine says that Pamunkey …