Then Tayoga whispered over his shoulder: "Great is the justice of Tododaho and also great is his mercy.

I did not doubt that he would save us.

I felt within me all the time that he would cause Tandakora and De Courcelles to leave the bridge and seek us elsewhere." Robert was not one to question the belief of Tayoga, his sagacious friend.

If it was not Tododaho who had sent their enemies away then it was some other spirit, known by another name, but in essence the same.
His whole being was permeated by a sort of shining gratitude.
"At times," he said, "it seems that we are favored by our God, who is your Manitou." "Now is the time for us to finish the crossing," said Willet, alive to the needs of the moment.

"Lead, Tayoga, and be sure, Robert, not to give any bough a shake that might catch the eye of a lurking savage in the forest." The Onondaga resumed the slow advance, so guiding his movements that he might neither make the tree quiver nor bring his body from beneath the covering of leaves.