Thayendanegea, who evidently expected her, stepped forward and gave her the Indian salute.

It may be that he received her with mild enthusiasm.

Timmendiquas, a Wyandot and a guest, though an ally, would not dispute with him his place as real head of the Six Nations, but this terrible woman was his match, and could inflame the Iroquois to almost anything that she wished.
After the arrival of Queen Esther the lights in the Iroquois village died down.

It was evident to both Henry and the shiftless one that they had been kept burning solely in the expectation of the coming of this formidable woman and her escort.

It was obvious that nothing more was to be seen that night, and they withdrew swiftly through the forest toward their islet.