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The Rulers of the Lakes

CHAPTER VIII
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CHAPTER VIII.
ARESKOUI'S FAVOR In the dusk of the evening the whole force came to the crest of a hill from which through a cleft they caught a glimpse of the shimmering waters of the lake, called by the Iroquois Andiatarocte, by the French, St.Sacrement, and by the English, George.

It was not Robert's first view of it, but he always thrilled at the prospect.
"Both Andiatarocte and Oneadatote must be ours," he said to Tayoga.
"They're too fine and beautiful to pass into possession of the French." "What about the Hodenosaunee?
Do you too forget, Dagaeoga ?" "I don't forget, Tayoga.

When I said 'ours' I meant American, Hodenosaunee and English combined.

You've good eyes, and so tell me if I'm not right when I say I see a moving black dot on the lake." "You do see it, my friend, and also a second and a third.

The segment of the lake that we can see from here is very narrow.


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