I don't think they realize there the vastness and magnificence of the colonies." That day a trader named Croghan brought about fifty Indian warriors to the camp, among them a few belonging to the Hodenosaunee, and offered their services as scouts and skirmishers.

Braddock, who loved regularity and outward discipline, gazed at them in astonishment.
"Savages!" he said.

"We will have none of them!" The Indians, uttering no complaint, disappeared in the green forest, with Willet and Tayoga gazing somberly after them.
"'Twas a mistake," said the hunter.

"They would have been our eyes and ears, where we needed eyes and ears most." "A warrior of my kin was among them," said Tayoga.

"Word will fly north that an insult has been offered to the Hodenosaunee." "But," said Willet, "Colonel William Johnson will take a word of another kind.