Other affairs press too much, but I can raise a force with speed." "Let me go, sir, against Tandakora!" exclaimed young Brant eagerly and in English.
Colonel Johnson looked at him a moment, his eyes glistening, and then he laughed, not with irony but gently and with approval.
"Truly 'tis a young eagle," he said, "but, Joseph, you must remember that your years are yet short of twelve, and you still have much time to spend over the books in which you have done so well.

If I let you be cut off at such an early age you can never become the great chief you are destined to be.

Bide a while, Joseph, and your cousin, Daganoweda, will attend to this Ojibway who has wandered so far from his own country." Young Brant made no protest.

Trained in the wonderful discipline of the Hodenosaunee he knew that he must obey before he could command.

He resumed his seat quietly, but his eager eyes watched his tall cousin, the young Mohawk chieftain, as Colonel Johnson gave him orders.
"Take with you the warriors that you have now, Daganoweda," he said.