"The Iroquois have stopped many a foray of the French.

More than one little settlement has thriven in the shade of the Long House." The young warrior smiled and lifted his head a little.

Nobody had more pride of birth and race than an Onondaga or a Mohawk.

The home of the Hodenosaunee was in New York, but their hunting grounds and real domain, over which they were lords, extended from the Hudson to the Ohio and from the St.Lawrence to the Cumberland and the Tennessee, where the land of the Cherokees began.

No truer kings of the forest ever lived, and for generations their warlike spirit fed upon the fact.
"It is true," said Tayoga gravely, "but a shadow gathers in the north.
The children of Corlear wish to plow the land and raise corn, but the sons of Onontio go into the forest and become hunters and warriors with the Hurons.