The world bred no more haughty savages than they.
Tall men, with high cheek bones, and fierce eyes, they wore little clothing in the summer weather, save now and then a blanket of brilliant color for the sake of adornment.

There were also some Onondagas, as proud as the Mohawks, but not so fierce.
A few Virginians and Marylanders, come to cooperate with the northern forces, were present, and they, like the New Englanders, were of pure British blood.

Now and then a Swede, broad of face, from the Jersey settlements could be seen, and there was scarcely a nation in western Europe that did not have at least one representative in the streets of Albany.
It pleased Robert to see the great variety of the throng.

It made a deep impression upon his imaginative mind.

Already he foresaw the greatness of America, when these races were blended in a land of infinite resources.