But we can ill afford to lose you.

If you do not see your way to strike a good blow perhaps it would be better to come back and march with the army." "You don't mean that, William, old friend," said Willet, smiling and addressing him familiarly by his first name.

"In your heart you would be ashamed of us if we returned without achieving at least one good deed for our people.

And turning from William, my old friend, to Colonel William Johnson, our commander, I think I can promise that a high deed will be achieved.

Where could you find a hundred finer men than these, fifty white and fifty red ?" Daganoweda, who understood him perfectly, smiled proudly and glanced at the ranks of Mohawks who stood impassive, save for their eager, burning eyes.
"But be sure to bring back the good lads, Robert and Tayoga," said Mynheer Jacobus Huysman, who stood with Colonel William Johnson.