Many of their chiefs have an acuteness and penetration not surpassed in the councils of white men.

The great Mohawk whom we call King Hendrick probably has more intellect than most of the sovereigns on their thrones in Europe.

And as for Joseph, the lad there who so gallantly keeps step with the Onondaga, where will you find a white boy who can excel him?
He absorbs the learning of our schools as fast as any boy of our race whom I have ever known, and, at the same time, he retains and improves all the lore and craft of the red people." "You have found the Mohawks a brave and loyal race," said Robert, knowing the colonel was upon a favorite theme of his.
"That I have, Mr.Lennox.I came among them a boy.

I was a trader then, and I settled first only a few miles from their largest town, Dyiondarogon.

I tried to keep faith with them and as a result I found them always keeping faith with me.