Thayendanegea unbuttoned his military coat and threw it back, revealing a bare bronze chest, upon which was painted the device of the Mohawks, a flint and steel.

The chests of the Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca head chiefs were also bared to the glow.

The device on the chest of the Onondaga was a cabin on top of a hill, the Caytiga's was a great pipe, and the figure of a mountain adorned the Seneca bronze.
"We have had the messages that you have sent to us, Timmendiquas," said Thayendanegea, "and they are good in the eyes of our people, the Rotinonsionni (the Mohawks).

They please, too, the ancient tribe, the Kannoseone (the Onondagas), the valiant Hotinonsionni (the Senecas), and all our brethren of the Six Nations.

All the land from the salt water to the setting sun was given to the red men by Aieroski, but if we do not defend it we cannot keep it." "It is so," said Timmendiquas, speaking for the first time.