Onontio moves in the night, while Corlear sleeps." "That may be so, Tayoga, but whether it's so or not I like our straightforward English and American way best.

We may blunder along for a while and lose at first, but to be open and honest is to be strong." "I did not say the ways of Corlear would prevail.

It is not the talk of Corlear that will keep the Hodenosaunee faithful to the English side, but it is the knowledge of the fifty sachems that when Onontio is speaking in a voice of honey he is to be trusted the least." Willet laughed.
"I understand, Tayoga," he said.

"You're for us not because you have so much faith in Corlear, but because you have less in Onontio.

Well, it's a good enough reason, I suppose.