I have learned that a man may be a great brave, and yet gentle and merciful, as was the Master, I have learned that a man may be a lover of peace and quiet ways and have no lust of battle in his heart, and yet when the need comes be more valiant than the best, even as you, brother.

I have learned that the God of the white men was Himself a man who endured the ordeal of the stake for the welfare of His enemies.

I have seen cruelty and cowardice and folly among His worshippers; but I have also seen that His faith can put spirit into a coward's heart, and make heroes of mean men.

I do not grudge my years of wandering.

They have taught me such knowledge as the Sachems of my nation never dreamed of, and they have given me two comrades after my own heart.