The day may come when the white man will equal the red man in intellect, but it is yet far off.

The Great Bear was very, very hungry, and we shall soon reach the place where he cleaned and cooked his goose." "Come, come, Tayoga! You may draw good conclusions from what you see, but there are no prophets nowadays.

You don't know anything about the state of Dave's appetite, when he shot that goose, and you can't predict with certainty that we'll soon come to the place where he made it ready for the eating." "I cannot, Dagaeoga! Why, I am doing it this very instant.

Mind! Mind! Did I not tell you to use your mind?
O, Dagaeoga, when will you learn the simpler things of life?
The Great Bear would not have risked a shot at a wild goose in enemy country, if he had not been very hungry.

Otherwise he would have waited until he rejoined the rangers to obtain food.