Did you suppose I could neglect anything that might be useful in my life's quest?
Who knows when I might need the tongue I am slowly learning to speak ?...

Oh, and I know so little, yet.
Something of Algonquin the Mohican taught me; and with it a little of the Huron tongue.

And now for nearly a month every day I have learned a little from the Oneidas at Otsego--from the Oneida girl whose bridal dress you bought to give to me.

Do you remember her?
The maid called Drooping Wings ?" "Yes--but--I do not understand.

To what end is all this?
When and where is your knowledge of the Iroquois tongue likely to aid you ?" She gave me a curious, veiled look--then turned her face away.
"You do not dream of following our army, do you ?" I demanded.