They are the words of a friend.

'I am the white man's friend,' you say; 'is he my friend?
He went away secretly, saying no word; why did he go without speaking to his friend who had treated him well?
Has he been to my enemy Managa?
Perhaps he is a friend of my enemy?
Where has he been ?' I must now answer these things, saying true words to my friend.

You are an Indian, I am a white man.

You do not know all the white man's thoughts.

These are the things I wish to tell you.