Here was one who had acquired civilization without losing the spirit of the wild.

She was an educated and well bred woman, the wife of the most powerful man in the colonies, and she was at the same time a true Mohawk.

Robert knew as he looked at her that if left alone in the wilderness she could take care of herself almost as well as her cousin, Daganoweda, the young chief.
Then his gaze shifted from Molly Brant to her brother.

Despite his youth all his actions showed pride and unlimited confidence in himself.

He stood near the door, and addressed Robert in English, asking him questions about himself, and he also spoke to Tayoga, showing him the greatest friendliness.
"We be of the mighty brother nations, Onondaga and Mohawk, the first of the great League," he said, "and some day we will sit together in the councils of the fifty sachems in the vale of Onondaga." "It is so," said Tayoga gravely, speaking to the young lad as man to man.