Then the mighty wilderness swallowed them up, as a pebble is lost in a lake.

Robert looked awhile in the direction in which they had gone, still seeing them in fancy.
"How much does their presence here signify ?" he asked thoughtfully.
"They would have the Hodenosaunee to forget Frontenac," replied Tayoga.
"And will the Six Nations forget him ?" "The fifty sachems in council alone can tell." Robert saw that the young Onondaga would not commit himself, even to him, and he did not ask anything more, but the hunter spoke plainly.
"We must wake up those fat Indian commissioners at Albany," he said.
"Those Dutchmen think more of cheating the tribes than they do of the good of either white man or red man, but I can tell you, Robert, and you too, Tayoga, that I'm worried about that Frenchman coming down here among the Six Nations.

He's as sharp as a razor, and as quick as lightning.

I could see that, and there's mischief brewing.

He's not going to the Onondaga Valley for nothing." "Tandakora, the Ojibway, goes with a heavy foot," said the Onondaga.
"What do you mean, Tayoga ?" asked Willet.
"He comes of a savage tribe, which is hostile to the Hodenosaunee and all white men.