"It's beckoning to the Indian fleet to follow." "It is because it hangs on the top of a wave that is about to break," said Willet.

"Often you see waves hesitate that way just before they crumble." "I prefer to believe with Dagaeoga," said the Onondaga.

"The canoe is our ally, and, knowing that we want the warriors to pass us, it lingers a bit to call them on." "It may be as you say," said the hunter, "I'm not one to disturb the faith of anybody.

If the canoe is alive, as you think, then--it is alive and all the better for us." "Spirits go into the bodies of inanimate things," persisted the red youth, "and make them alive for a while.

All the people of the Hodenosaunee have known that for centuries." "The canoe hesitates and beckons again," said Robert, "and, as sure as we are here, the skies have turned somewhat darker.