While Onontio abides at Quebec the lands of the Hodenosaunee are safe." "There was Frontenac," repeated Tayoga.
St.Luc frowned at the insistence of the Onondaga upon an old wound, but the cloud passed swiftly.

In an instant the blue eyes were smiling once more.
"The memory of Frontenac shall not come between us," he said.

"The heart of Onontio beats for the Hodenosaunee, and he has sent me to say so to the valiant League.

I bring you a belt, a great belt of peace." Dubois handed him a large knapsack and he took from it a beautiful belt of pure white wampum, uncommon in size, a full five feet in length, five inches wide, and covered with many thousands of beads, woven in symbolic figures.

He held it up and the eyes of the Onondaga glistened.
"It is a great belt, a belt of peace," continued St.Luc.