Daganoweda and his warriors, gratified beyond expression, took the war path again.
"They'll remain a barrier between us and the French and their allies," said Colonel Johnson, "and faith we'll need 'em.

The other nations of the Hodenosaunee wish to keep out of the war, but the Mohawks will be with us to the last.

Their great chief, King Hendrick, is our devoted friend, and so is his brother, Abraham.

This, too, in spite of the bad treatment of the Ganeagaono by the Dutch at Albany.

O, I have nothing to say against the Dutch, a brave and tenacious people, but they have their faults, like other races, and sometimes they let avarice overcome them! I wish they could understand the nations of the Hodenosaunee better.